The WordPress File Upload Free and Pro WordPress plugins before 4.16.3 allow users with a role as low as Contributor to perform path traversal via a shortcode argument, which can then be used to upload a PHP code disguised as an image inside the auto-loaded directory of the plugin, resulting in arbitrary code execution.
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2021-11874 The WordPress File Upload Free and Pro WordPress plugins before 4.16.3 allow users with a role as low as Contributor to perform path traversal via a shortcode argument, which can then be used to upload a PHP code disguised as an image inside the auto-loaded directory of the plugin, resulting in arbitrary code execution.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-03T19:49:14.540Z

Reserved: 2021-01-14T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2021-24962

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-03-28T18:15:08.370

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:54:05.570

Link: CVE-2021-24962

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