# CVE-2024-7301: WordPress File Upload <= 4.24.8 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via SVG File Upload

> Unauthenticated attackers can inject arbitrary web scripts via SVG file uploads, leading to stored XSS execution when users access the file.

- **Severity:** High 7.2 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 16 Aug 2024
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-gw3m-cj7m-xhp2

## What is CVE-2024-7301?

CVE-2024-7301 is a high-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in nickboss Iptanus File Upload, published on 16 Aug 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The WordPress File Upload plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via SVG File uploads in all versions up to, and including, 4.24.8 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses the SVG file.

Weakness: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-7301?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Iptanus Wordpress File Upload.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-7301?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-7301 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-7301 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-7301 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-2024-7301 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-7301 is a high-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in nickboss Iptanus File Upload, published on 16 Aug 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-7301 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-2024-7301/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-7301/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-7301
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-7301
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-7301

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-7301/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.