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CVE-2021-24962

8.8 highEPSS 2.8%

High (8.8) in iptanus. EPSS 2.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The WordPress File Upload Free and Pro WordPress plugins before 4.16.3 allow users with a role as low as Contributor to perform path traversal via a shortcode argument, which can then be used to upload a PHP code disguised as an image inside the auto-loaded directory of the plugin, resulting in arbitrary code execution.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

8.8 high
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
2.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 86% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE
CWE-22
Published
Modified
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Affected

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