CVE-2024-10801 WordPress User Extra Fields <= 16.5 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Upload
Unauthenticated attackers can upload arbitrary files via missing validation, potentially leading to remote code execution if user registration is enabled.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-10801?
CVE-2024-10801 is a critical vulnerability in vanquish WordPress User Extra Fields, 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 WordPress User Extra Fields plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads due to missing file type validation in the ajax_manage_file_chunk_upload() function in all versions up to, and including, 16.5. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to upload arbitrary files on the affected site's server which may make remote code execution possible. User registration must be enabled for this to be exploited.
Weakness: CWE-434
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-10801?
How do I fix CVE-2024-10801?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-10801 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2024-10801 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-10801 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-ph23-3qxx-953h.