CVSS 3.1
8.8 highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HCVE-2021-24311
High (8.8) in external media project external media. EPSS 1.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
The wp_ajax_upload-remote-file AJAX action of the External Media WordPress plugin before 1.0.34 was vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads via any authenticated users.
Severity
- EPSS
- 1.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 78% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-434
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- external_media_project:external_media
References
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/4fb90999-6f91-4200-a0cc-bfe9b34a5de9
- https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2021/05/critical-vulnerability-patched-in-external-media-plugin/
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/4fb90999-6f91-4200-a0cc-bfe9b34a5de9
- https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2021/05/critical-vulnerability-patched-in-external-media-plugin/