PT-2025-3736 · WordPress · Wordpress File Upload

Abrahack · Published 2025-01-07 · Updated 2025-03-16 · CVE-2024-9939

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.5

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions WordPress File Upload plugin versions up to 4.24.13

Description The WordPress File Upload plugin is vulnerable to Path Traversal, allowing unauthenticated attackers to read files outside of the originally intended directory through wfu file downloader.php. This issue affects all versions up to, and including, 4.24.13.

Recommendations For versions up to 4.24.13, update to a version later than 4.24.13 to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to wfu file downloader.php to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

Path traversal

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-22

Related Identifiers

CVE-2024-9939

Affected Products

Wordpress File Upload

References · 12

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3188857/wp-file-upload · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-9939 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-9939 · Vendor Advisory
• https://twitter.com/VulmonFeeds/status/1876949296018325936 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/theabrahack/status/1876735863150813295 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/theabrahack/status/1897891648018715098 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/binitamshah/status/1901284671553720775 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1876953345006387280 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/106740 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvedetector/14675 · Telegram Post
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/5e51f301-026d-4ed7-82f8-96c1623bf95c?source=cve · Note
• https://abrahack.com/posts/wp-file-upload-rce-part1 · Note