PT-2021-15757 · WordPress · Woocommerce Help Scout

Ville Korhonen · Published 2021-04-05 · Updated 2025-10-23 · CVE-2021-24212

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

9.8

Critical

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: WooCommerce Help Scout WordPress plugin versions prior to 2.9.1

Description: The issue allows unauthenticated users to upload any files to the site, which by default will end up in wp-content/uploads/hstmp.

Recommendations: For versions prior to 2.9.1, update to version 2.9.1 or later to resolve the issue.

Exploit

Fix

Unrestricted File Upload

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-434

Related Identifiers

CVE-2021-24212

Affected Products

Woocommerce Help Scout

References · 5

• 🔥 https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/cf9305e8-f5bc-45c3-82db-0ef00fd46129 · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-24212 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-24212 · Security Note
• https://twitter.com/pdnuclei_bot/status/1981375087367639360 · Twitter Post
• http://dzv365zjfbd8v.cloudfront.net/changelogs/woocommerce-help-scout/changelog.txt · Note