CVE-2024-6651 WordPress File Upload < 4.24.8 - Reflected XSS

What is CVE-2024-6651?

CVE-2024-6651 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown WordPress File Upload, published on 6 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 sanitise and escape a parameter before outputting it back in the page, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting which could be used against high privilege users such as admin

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-6651?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Iptanus Wordpress File Upload.

How do I fix CVE-2024-6651?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-6651 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-2024-6651 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-6651 exists.

Public exploit code: 1 Nuclei template and 1 proofs of concept on GitHub.

Other vulnerabilities in Unknown WordPress File Upload

• CVE-2024-11613 Code injection in Iptanus File Upload Critical 9.8
• CVE-2024-11635 WordPress File Upload <= 4.24.12 - Unuathenticated Remote Code Execution Critical 9.8
• 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 Path traversal in n/a Critical 9.8
• CVE-2021-24962 WordPress File Upload < 4.16.3 - Contributor+ Path Traversal to RCE High 8.8

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-54v7-45g9-xcqh.