# CVE-2024-13494: WordPress File Upload <= 4.25.2 - Cross-Site Request Forgery in wfu_file_details

> Unauthenticated attackers can trick administrators into modifying uploaded file details via CSRF in the WordPress File Upload plugin.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 25 Feb 2025
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-97h7-wwch-qv36

## What is CVE-2024-13494?

CVE-2024-13494 is a medium-severity vulnerability in nickboss Iptanus File Upload, published on 25 Feb 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

The WordPress File Upload plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 4.25.2. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the 'wfu_file_details' function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to modify user data details associated with uploaded files via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

Weakness: CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-13494?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Iptanus Wordpress File Upload.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-13494?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-13494 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-13494 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-13494 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-2024-13494 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-13494 is a medium-severity vulnerability in nickboss Iptanus File Upload, published on 25 Feb 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-13494 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-2024-13494/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-13494/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-13494
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-13494
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-13494

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-13494/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.