cvelist/2021/24xxx/CVE-2021-24962.json

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        "ID": "CVE-2021-24962",
        "ASSIGNER": "contact@wpscan.com",
        "STATE": "PUBLIC",
        "TITLE": "WordPress File Upload < 4.16.3 - Contributor+ Path Traversal to RCE"
    },
    "data_format": "MITRE",
    "data_type": "CVE",
    "data_version": "4.0",
    "generator": "WPScan CVE Generator",
    "affects": {
        "vendor": {
            "vendor_data": [
                {
                    "vendor_name": "Unknown",
                    "product": {
                        "product_data": [
                            {
                                "product_name": "WordPress File Upload",
                                "version": {
                                    "version_data": [
                                        {
                                            "version_affected": "<",
                                            "version_name": "4.16.3",
                                            "version_value": "4.16.3"
                                        }
                                    ]
                                }
                            },
                            {
                                "product_name": "WordPress File Upload Pro",
                                "version": {
                                    "version_data": [
                                        {
                                            "version_affected": "<",
                                            "version_name": "4.16.3",
                                            "version_value": "4.16.3"
                                        }
                                    ]
                                }
                            }
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                    }
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    "description": {
        "description_data": [
            {
                "lang": "eng",
                "value": "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."
            }
        ]
    },
    "references": {
        "reference_data": [
            {
                "refsource": "CONFIRM",
                "url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2677722",
                "name": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2677722"
            },
            {
                "refsource": "MISC",
                "url": "https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/7a95b3f2-285e-40e3-aead-41932c207623",
                "name": "https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/7a95b3f2-285e-40e3-aead-41932c207623"
            }
        ]
    },
    "problemtype": {
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            {
                "description": [
                    {
                        "value": "CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')",
                        "lang": "eng"
                    }
                ]
            }
        ]
    },
    "credit": [
        {
            "lang": "eng",
            "value": "apple502j"
        }
    ],
    "source": {
        "discovery": "EXTERNAL"
    }
}