CVE-2024-35744 WordPress Upunzipper plugin <= 1.0.0 - Arbitrary File Deletion vulnerability
Attackers can delete arbitrary files via path traversal in the Upunzipper WordPress plugin, requiring an upgrade to mitigate.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-35744?
CVE-2024-35744 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in Ravidhu Dissanayake Upunzipper, published on 10 Jun 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in Ravidhu Dissanayake Upunzipper allows Path Traversal, File Manipulation.This issue affects Upunzipper: from n/a through 1.0.0.
Weakness: CWE-22
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-35744?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Upunzipper Project Upunzipper.
How do I fix CVE-2024-35744?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-35744 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.
Is CVE-2024-35744 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-35744 exists.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-j648-xv8c-m9c7.