# CVE-2024-3412: WP STAGING WordPress Backup Plugin – Migration Backup Restore <= 3.4.3 - Authenticated (Admin+) Arbitrary File Upload

> Authenticated administrators can upload arbitrary files via missing validation, potentially leading to remote code execution on the server.

- **Severity:** Critical 9.1 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 29 May 2024
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026

## What is CVE-2024-3412?

CVE-2024-3412 is a critical vulnerability in renehermi WP STAGING – WordPress Backup, Restore & Migration, published on 29 May 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The WP STAGING WordPress Backup Plugin – Migration Backup Restore plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads due to missing file type validation in the wpstg_processing AJAX action in all versions up to, and including, 3.4.3. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level access and above, to upload arbitrary files on the affected site's server which may make remote code execution possible.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-3412?


## How do I fix CVE-2024-3412?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-3412 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-3412 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-3412 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-3412 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-3412 is a critical vulnerability in renehermi WP STAGING – WordPress Backup, Restore & Migration, published on 29 May 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-3412 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: renehermi WP STAGING – WordPress Backup, Restore & Migration. 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-2024-3412/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-3412/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-3412
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-3412
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-3412

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-3412/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.