CVE-2021-4225 SP Project & Document Manager < 4.24 - Subscriber+ Shell Upload

What is CVE-2021-4225?

CVE-2021-4225 is a high-severity vulnerability in Unknown SP Project & Document Manager, published on 25 Apr 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The SP Project & Document Manager WordPress plugin before 4.24 allows any authenticated users, such as subscribers, to upload files. The plugin attempts to prevent PHP and other similar files that could be executed on the server from being uploaded by checking the file extension. It was discovered that on Windows servers, the security checks in place were insufficient, enabling bad actors to potentially upload backdoors on vulnerable sites.

Weakness: CWE-434

Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-4225?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Smartypantsplugins Sp Project \& Document Manager.

How do I fix CVE-2021-4225?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-4225 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2021-4225 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-4225 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Unknown SP Project & Document Manager

• CVE-2023-3063 Missing authorization in SP Project & Document Manager High 8.8
• CVE-2021-24347 SP Project & Document Manager <2 4.22 - Authenticated Shell Upload High 8.8
• CVE-2024-24868 WordPress SP Project & Document Manager Plugin <= 4.69 is vulnerable to SQL Injection High 8.5
• CVE-2023-36677 WordPress SP Project & Document Manager Plugin <= 4.67 is vulnerable to SQL Injection High 8.3
• CVE-2024-37224 WordPress SP Project & Document Manager plugin <= 4.71 - Directory Traversal vulnerability High 7.5

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-cg4w-83q5-49gw.