# CVE-2024-7384: AcyMailing <= 9.7.2 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary File Upload via acym_extractArchive Function

> Authenticated attackers can upload arbitrary files via the acym_extractArchive function, potentially leading to remote code execution on the server.

- **Severity:** High 7.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **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:** 22 Aug 2024
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-wv55-98hp-hrf7

## What is CVE-2024-7384?

CVE-2024-7384 is a high-severity vulnerability in acyba AcyMailing – An Ultimate Newsletter Plugin and Marketing Automation Solution for WordPress, published on 22 Aug 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The AcyMailing – An Ultimate Newsletter Plugin and Marketing Automation Solution for WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads due to missing file type validation in the acym_extractArchive function in all versions up to, and including, 9.7.2. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to upload arbitrary files on the affected site's server which may make remote code execution possible.

Weakness: CWE-434 (Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-7384?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Acymailing Acymailing.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-7384?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-7384 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-7384 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-7384 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in acyba AcyMailing – An Ultimate Newsletter Plugin and Marketing Automation Solution for WordPress

- [CVE-2023-28731](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-28731/): Unauthenticated RCE affecting the AcyMailing plugin for Joomla (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2026-94132](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-94132/): File upload in AcyMailing Enterprise extension for Joomla (critical 9.5)
- [CVE-2026-56292](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-56292/): Joomla Extension - acymailing.com - SQL Injection in AcyMailing extension < 10.11.1 (critical 9.2)
- [CVE-2026-94131](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-94131/): Joomla Extension - acymailing.com - Unauthenticated arbitrary file deletion in AcyMailing Enterprise extension < 11.1.0 (high 8.3)
- [CVE-2023-28733](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-28733/): Stored XSS affecting the AcyMailing plugin for Joomla (high 7.2)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-7384 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-7384 is a high-severity vulnerability in acyba AcyMailing – An Ultimate Newsletter Plugin and Marketing Automation Solution for WordPress, published on 22 Aug 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-2024-7384 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: acyba AcyMailing – An Ultimate Newsletter Plugin and Marketing Automation Solution for WordPress. 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-2024-7384/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-7384/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-7384
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-7384
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-7384

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-7384/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.