PT-2025-2194 · WordPress · The Shared Files – Frontend File Upload Form & Secure File Sharing

Tim Coen · Published 2025-01-31 · Updated 2025-01-31 · CVE-2024-13504

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.2

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions The Shared Files – Frontend File Upload Form & Secure File Sharing plugin for WordPress versions up to, and including, 1.7.42

Description The issue is related to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via dfxp File uploads due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This allows unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses the dfxp file. The issue is specific to Apache-based environments, where dfxp files are handled by default.

Recommendations For versions up to, and including, 1.7.42, update to a version that addresses the insufficient input sanitization and output escaping issue to prevent Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to dfxp file uploads until a patch is available.

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2024-13504

Affected Products

The Shared Files – Frontend File Upload Form & Secure File Sharing

References · 6

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-13504 · Security Note
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1885201650479968414 · Twitter Post
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/9f4210a0-5448-4ff6-876a-37db4ad9b23a?source=cve · Note
• https://t.me/cvedetector/16892 · Telegram Post
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=3231372%40shared-files%2Ftrunk&old=3229309%40shared-files%2Ftrunk&sfp_email=&sfph_mail= · Note
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/shared-files/tags/1.7.40 · Note