CVE-2024-6228 WANotifier < 2.6 - Subscriber+ LFI
Authenticated subscribers can exploit a path traversal flaw to include and execute arbitrary local PHP files, leading to remote code execution.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-6228?
CVE-2024-6228 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in Unknown Notifications for Forms & WordPress Actions, published on 6 Jul 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Notifications for Forms & WordPress Actions WordPress plugin before 2.6 does not validate a user-supplied value before using it to build a server-side file inclusion path, allowing authenticated users with subscriber-level access and above to include and execute arbitrary local PHP files on the server.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-6228?
How do I fix CVE-2024-6228?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-6228 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-2024-6228 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-6228 exists.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-ffvx-qqcr-725r.