# CVE-2024-1986: Elite Booster for WooCommerce <= 7.1.7 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary File Upload

> Authenticated attackers can upload arbitrary files to the server, potentially leading to remote code execution, when product upload functionality is enabled.

- **Severity:** High 8.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **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 Mar 2024
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-f662-26vh-3x9f

## What is CVE-2024-1986?

CVE-2024-1986 is a high-severity vulnerability in pluggabl Booster Elite for WooCommerce, published on 7 Mar 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Booster Elite for WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads due to missing file type validation in the wc_add_new_product() function in all versions up to, and including, 7.1.7. This makes it possible for customer-level attackers, and above, to upload arbitrary files on the affected site's server which may make remote code execution possible. This is only exploitable when the user product upload functionality is enabled.

Weakness: CWE-434 (Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-1986?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Booster Booster for Woocommerce.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-1986?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-1986 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-1986 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-1986 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in pluggabl Booster Elite for WooCommerce

- [CVE-2021-34646](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-34646/): Booster for WooCommerce <= 5.4.3 Authentication Bypass (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2024-13342](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-13342/): Booster for WooCommerce <= 7.2.4 - Unauthenticated Double Extension Arbitrary File Upload (high 8.1)
- [CVE-2024-13744](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-13744/): Booster for WooCommerce 4.0.1 - 7.2.4 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Upload (high 8.1)
- [CVE-2022-3763](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-3763/): Booster for WooCommerce - Checkout Files Deletion via CSRF (high 8.1)
- [CVE-2024-13708](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-13708/): Booster for WooCommerce 4.0.1 - 7.2.4 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting (high 7.2)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-1986 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-1986 is a high-severity vulnerability in pluggabl Booster Elite for WooCommerce, published on 7 Mar 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-1986 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: pluggabl Booster Elite for WooCommerce. 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-2024-1986/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-1986/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-1986
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-1986
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-1986

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-1986/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.