# CVE-2024-13707: WP Image Uploader <= 1.0.1 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Arbitrary File Deletion

> Unauthenticated attackers can delete arbitrary files by tricking administrators into clicking a link due to missing nonce validation.

- **Severity:** High 8.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **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:** 30 Jan 2025
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-rv52-9m39-w8gf

## What is CVE-2024-13707?

CVE-2024-13707 is a high-severity vulnerability in filipmedia WP Image Uploader, published on 30 Jan 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 WP Image Uploader plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.1. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the gky_image_uploader_main_function() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to delete arbitrary 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-2024-13707?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Ivanm Wp Image Uploader.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-13707?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-13707 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-13707 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-13707 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in filipmedia WP Image Uploader

- [CVE-2024-13720](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-13720/): WP Image Uploader <= 1.0.1 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary File Deletion (high 8.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-13707 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-13707 is a high-severity vulnerability in filipmedia WP Image Uploader, published on 30 Jan 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-2024-13707 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: filipmedia WP Image Uploader. 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-2024-13707/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-13707/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-13707
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-13707
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-13707

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-13707/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.