# CVE-2024-39621: WordPress ListingPro plugin <= 2.9.4 - Local File Inclusion vulnerability

> Attackers can exploit a path traversal flaw in the ListingPro WordPress plugin to include arbitrary local files, potentially leading to data disclosure or code execution.

- **Severity:** High 8.0 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/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:** 1 Aug 2024
- **Updated:** 28 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-2jwr-937v-hx6p

## What is CVE-2024-39621?

CVE-2024-39621 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in CridioStudio ListingPro, published on 1 Aug 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in CridioStudio ListingPro listingpro-plugin allows PHP Local File Inclusion.This issue affects ListingPro: from n/a through <= 2.9.4.

Weakness: CWE-22 (Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-39621?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Cridio Listingpro.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-39621?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-39621 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-39621 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-39621 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in CridioStudio ListingPro

- [CVE-2020-36719](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-36719/): ListingPro - WordPress Directory & Listing Theme < 2.6.1 - Arbitrary Plugin Installation, Activation and Deactivation (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2024-38795](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-38795/): WordPress ListingPro plugin <= 2.9.4 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection vulnerability (critical 9.3)
- [CVE-2024-39622](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-39622/): WordPress ListingPro theme <= 2.9.4 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection vulnerability (critical 9.3)
- [CVE-2024-39619](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-39619/): WordPress ListingPro plugin <= 2.9.4 - Unauthenticated Local File Inclusion vulnerability (critical 9.0)
- [CVE-2024-39623](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-39623/): WordPress ListingPro theme <= 2.9.4 - Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) to Account Takeover vulnerability (high 8.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-39621 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-39621 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in CridioStudio ListingPro, published on 1 Aug 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-39621 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: CridioStudio ListingPro. 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-2024-39621/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-39621/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-39621
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-39621
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-39621

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-39621/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.