# CVE-2024-10586: Debug Tool <= 2.2 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Creation

> Unauthenticated attackers can create arbitrary files, including PHP scripts, leading to remote code execution in the Debug Tool WordPress plugin.

- **Severity:** Critical 9.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 9 Nov 2024
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-m3hx-38j6-phw2

## What is CVE-2024-10586?

CVE-2024-10586 is a critical vulnerability in eugenbobrowski Debug Tool, published on 9 Nov 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Debug Tool plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file creation due to a missing capability check on the dbt_pull_image() function and missing file type validation in all versions up to, and including, 2.2. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to to create arbitrary files such as .php files that can be leveraged for remote code execution. CVE-2024-52416 may be a duplicate of this issue.

Weakness: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-10586?


## How do I fix CVE-2024-10586?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-10586 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-10586 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-10586 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Public exploit code:

- Debug Tool <= 2.2 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Creation (github_poc): https://github.com/RandomRobbieBF/CVE-2024-10586
- https://github.com/Nxploited/CVE-2024-10586-Poc (github_poc): https://github.com/Nxploited/CVE-2024-10586-Poc

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-10586 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-10586 is a critical vulnerability in eugenbobrowski Debug Tool, published on 9 Nov 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-10586 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: eugenbobrowski Debug Tool. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-10586/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-10586/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-10586
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-10586
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-10586

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-10586/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.