CVEvulnerability
CVE-2021-24311
8.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2021-06-01
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 8.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 6.5 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-434
Description
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.
Affected configurations
• external media project external media (< 1.0.34)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-434 Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type weakness
References
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/4fb90999-6f91-4200-a0cc-bfe9b34a5de9 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2021/05/critical-vulnerability-patched-in-external-media-plugin/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/4fb90999-6f91-4200-a0cc-bfe9b34a5de9 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2021/05/critical-vulnerability-patched-in-external-media-plugin/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory