PT-2021-15848 · WordPress · External Media

Chloe Chamberland · Published 2021-06-01 · Updated 2021-12-02 · CVE-2021-24311

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

8.8

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions External Media WordPress plugin versions prior to 1.0.34

Description The issue concerns the wp ajax upload-remote-file AJAX action, which allowed arbitrary file uploads by any authenticated user.

Recommendations For versions prior to 1.0.34, update to version 1.0.34 or later to resolve the issue.

Exploit

Fix

Unrestricted File Upload

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-434

Related Identifiers

CVE-2021-24311

Affected Products

External Media

References · 4

• 🔥 https://wordfence.com/blog/2021/05/critical-vulnerability-patched-in-external-media-plugin · Exploit
• 🔥 https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/4fb90999-6f91-4200-a0cc-bfe9b34a5de9 · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-24311 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-24311 · Security Note