CVE-2024-6494 WordPress File Upload < 4.24.8 - Unauthenticated Stored XSS
Unauthenticated attackers can inject malicious scripts via unsanitized parameters, potentially leading to session hijacking or site defacement.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-6494?
CVE-2024-6494 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown WordPress File Upload, published on 7 Aug 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
The WordPress File Upload WordPress plugin before 4.24.8 does not properly sanitize and escape certain parameters, which could allow unauthenticated users to execute stored cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-6494?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Iptanus Wordpress File Upload.
How do I fix CVE-2024-6494?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-6494 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.
Is CVE-2024-6494 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-6494 exists.
Other vulnerabilities in Unknown WordPress File Upload
- CVE-2024-11613 Code injection in Iptanus File Upload
- CVE-2024-11635 WordPress File Upload <= 4.24.12 - Unuathenticated Remote Code Execution
- 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.
- CVE-2020-10564 Path traversal in n/a
- CVE-2021-24962 WordPress File Upload < 4.16.3 - Contributor+ Path Traversal to RCE
Sources
Also known as GHSA-fjrj-vrrh-qjx6.