# CVE-2024-13504: Cross-site scripting in Shared Files – Frontend File Upload Form & Secure File Sharing

> Unauthenticated attackers can inject arbitrary web scripts via dfxp file uploads in Apache environments, leading to stored XSS.

- **Severity:** High 7.2 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 31 Jan 2025
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-qg2j-qw7w-fx96

## What is CVE-2024-13504?

CVE-2024-13504 is a high-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in anssilaitila Shared Files – Frontend File Upload Form & Secure File Sharing, published on 31 Jan 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Shared Files – Frontend File Upload Form & Secure File Sharing plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via dfxp File uploads in all versions up to, and including, 1.7.42 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses the dfxp file. This issue affects only Apache-based environments, where dfxp files are handled by default.

Weakness: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-13504?


## How do I fix CVE-2024-13504?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-13504 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-13504 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-13504 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-13504 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-13504 is a high-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in anssilaitila Shared Files – Frontend File Upload Form & Secure File Sharing, published on 31 Jan 2025. 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-2024-13504 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: anssilaitila Shared Files – Frontend File Upload Form & Secure File Sharing. 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-2024-13504/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-13504/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-13504
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-13504
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-13504

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-13504/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.