# CVE-2024-12719: WordPress File Upload <= 4.24.15 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Limited Path Traversal

> Authenticated subscribers can bypass authorization checks to perform limited path traversal and view directory structures in the WordPress File Upload plugin.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 7 Jan 2025
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-76v8-965q-f4x7

## What is CVE-2024-12719?

CVE-2024-12719 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in nickboss Iptanus File Upload, published on 7 Jan 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The WordPress File Upload plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data due to a missing capability check on the 'wfu_ajax_action_read_subfolders' function in all versions up to, and including, 4.24.15. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to perform limited path traversal to view directories and subdirectories in WordPress. Files cannot be viewed.

Weakness: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-12719?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Iptanus Wordpress File Upload.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-12719?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-12719 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-12719 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-12719 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in nickboss Iptanus File Upload

- [CVE-2024-11613](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-11613/): Code injection in Iptanus File Upload (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2024-11635](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-11635/): WordPress File Upload <= 4.24.12 - Unuathenticated Remote Code Execution (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2024-9047](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-9047/): The WordPress File Upload plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Path Traversal in all versions up to, and including, 4.24.11 via wfu_file_downloader.php. (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2020-10564](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-10564/): Path traversal in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2021-24962](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-24962/): WordPress File Upload < 4.16.3 - Contributor+ Path Traversal to RCE (high 8.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-12719 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-12719 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in nickboss Iptanus File Upload, published on 7 Jan 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-12719 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: nickboss Iptanus File Upload. 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-2024-12719/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-12719/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-12719
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-12719
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-12719

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-12719/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.