CVE-2021-47940

9.3 criticalEPSS 0.4%

Critical (9.3). EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

WordPress Plugin Download From Files version 1.48 and earlier contains an arbitrary file upload vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to upload malicious files by exploiting the AJAX fileupload action. Attackers can send POST requests to the admin-ajax.php endpoint with the download_from_files_617_fileupload action, manipulating the allowExt parameter to bypass file type restrictions and upload executable files like PHP shells to the web root.

Severity

CVSS 4.0

9.3 critical

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

CVSS 3.1

9.8 critical

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 33% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-306
Published: 2026-05-10
Modified: 2026-07-25
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

References

https://wordpress.org/plugins/download-from-files/
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/50287
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/wordpress-download-from-files-arbitrary-file-upload

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