# CVE-2024-39639: WordPress File Upload plugin <= 4.24.7 - Broken Access Control + CSRF vulnerability

> Attackers can exploit broken access control and CSRF to perform unauthorized actions in the WordPress File Upload plugin.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N`)
- **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:** 1 Nov 2024
- **Updated:** 28 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-c6g5-vgf8-p856

## What is CVE-2024-39639?

CVE-2024-39639 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Nickolas Bossinas WordPress File Upload, published on 1 Nov 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Broken Access Control vulnerability in Nickolas Bossinas WordPress File Upload allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects WordPress File Upload: from n/a through 4.24.7.

Weakness: CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-39639?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Iptanus Wordpress File Upload.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-39639?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-39639 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-39639 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-39639 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Nickolas Bossinas WordPress File Upload

- [CVE-2024-11613](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-11613/): Code injection in Iptanus File Upload (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2024-11635](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-11635/): WordPress File Upload <= 4.24.12 - Unuathenticated Remote Code Execution (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2024-9047](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-9047/): The WordPress File Upload plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Path Traversal in all versions up to, and including, 4.24.11 via wfu_file_downloader.php. (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2020-10564](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-10564/): Path traversal in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2021-24962](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-24962/): WordPress File Upload < 4.16.3 - Contributor+ Path Traversal to RCE (high 8.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-39639 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-39639 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Nickolas Bossinas WordPress File Upload, published on 1 Nov 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-2024-39639 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Nickolas Bossinas WordPress File Upload. 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-2024-39639/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-39639/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-39639
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-39639
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-39639

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Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.