# CVE-2024-9648: WP ULike Pro <= 1.9.3 - Unauthenticated Limited Arbitrary File Upload

> Unauthenticated attackers can upload malicious files like .php2 or .pht due to insufficient validation, potentially enabling code execution or XSS.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.1 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/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:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 28 Aug 2025
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-8642-wcxp-3pqm

## What is CVE-2024-9648?

CVE-2024-9648 is a medium-severity vulnerability in WP ULike Pro, published on 28 Aug 2025. 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 WP ULike Pro plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads due to insufficient file type validation in the WP_Ulike_Pro_File_Uploader class in all versions up to, and including, 1.9.3. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to upload limited arbitrary files like .php2, .php6, .php7, .phps, .pht, .phtm, .pgif, .shtml, .phar, .inc, .hphp, .ctp, .module, .html, .svg on the affected site's server which may make make other attacks like Cross-Site Scripting possible. Only versions up to 1.8.7 were confirmed vulnerable, however, the earliest tested version for a patch we have access to is 1.9.4, so we are considering 1.9.4 the patched version.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-9648?


## How do I fix CVE-2024-9648?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-9648 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-9648 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-9648 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-9648 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-9648 is a medium-severity vulnerability in WP ULike Pro, published on 28 Aug 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-9648 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: WP ULike Pro. 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-2024-9648/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-9648/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-9648
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-9648
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-9648

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-9648/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.