# CVE-2024-5852: WordPress File Upload <= 4.24.7 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Directory Traversal

> Authenticated attackers with Contributor access can exploit a directory traversal flaw to upload files to arbitrary server locations.

- **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:** 16 Jul 2024
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-8j2w-hc9h-wm6f

## What is CVE-2024-5852?

CVE-2024-5852 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in nickboss Iptanus File Upload, published on 16 Jul 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The WordPress File Upload plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Directory Traversal in all versions up to, and including, 4.24.7 via the 'uploadpath' parameter of the wordpress_file_upload shortcode. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to upload limited files to arbitrary locations on the web server.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-5852?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Iptanus Wordpress File Upload.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-5852?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-5852 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-5852 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-5852 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in nickboss Iptanus 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-2024-5852 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-5852 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in nickboss Iptanus File Upload, published on 16 Jul 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-2024-5852 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: nickboss Iptanus 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-2024-5852/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-5852/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-5852
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-5852
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-5852

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-5852/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.