# CVE-2024-8252: Clean Login <= 1.14.5 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Local File Inclusion

> Authenticated contributors can exploit a local file inclusion vulnerability in the Clean Login plugin to execute arbitrary PHP code and read sensitive data.

- **Severity:** High 8.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/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:** 30 Aug 2024
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-ffxp-34wc-r8r7

## What is CVE-2024-8252?

CVE-2024-8252 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in hornero Clean Login, published on 30 Aug 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Clean Login plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Local File Inclusion in all versions up to, and including, 1.14.5 via the 'template' attribute of the clean-login-register shortcode. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to include and execute arbitrary files on the server, allowing the execution of any PHP code in those files. This can be used to bypass access controls, obtain sensitive data, or achieve code execution in cases where images and other “safe” file types can be uploaded and included.

Weakness: CWE-829 (Inclusion of Functionality from Untrusted Control Sphere), CWE-98 (Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-8252?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Codection Clean Login.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-8252?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-8252 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-8252 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-8252 exists.

Public exploit code:

- WordPress Clean Login <= 1.14.5 Authenticated (Contributor+) - Local File Inclusion (nuclei): http/cves/2024/CVE-2024-8252.yaml

## Other vulnerabilities in hornero Clean Login

- [CVE-2017-8875](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-8875/): Cross-site request forgery in n/a (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2015-9336](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-9336/): Cross-site scripting in n/a (medium 6.1)
- [CVE-2022-4838](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-4838/): Clean Login < 1.13.7 - Contributor+ Stored XSS via Shortcode (medium 5.4)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-8252 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-8252 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in hornero Clean Login, published on 30 Aug 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-8252 exists.

Affected product: hornero Clean Login. 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-2024-8252/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-8252/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-8252
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-8252
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-8252

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-8252/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.