CVE-2024-11270 Missing authorization in WebinarPress – Webinar System for WordPress

High 8.8 Published 8 Jan 2025 Updated 8 Apr 2026

Authenticated subscribers can create arbitrary files due to missing authorization checks, potentially leading to remote code execution.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Any signed-in user
Attackable: Over the internet
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2024-11270?

CVE-2024-11270 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in wpwebinarsystem WebinarPress – Webinar System for WordPress, published on 8 Jan 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The WordPress Webinar Plugin – WebinarPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file creation due to a missing capability check on the 'sync-import-imgs' function and missing file type validation in all versions up to, and including, 1.33.24. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to create arbitrary files that can lead to remote code execution.

Weakness: CWE-862

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-11270?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Webinarpress Webinarpress.

How do I fix CVE-2024-11270?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-11270 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.

Is CVE-2024-11270 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-11270 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-9q58-xhx2-pwfc.