External Media <= 1.0.33 - Authenticated Arbitrary File Upload

8.8
Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type
CVE CVE-2021-24311
CVSS 8.8 (High)
Publicly Published May 13, 2021
Last Updated December 5, 2022
Researcher Chloe Chamberland - Wordfence

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.

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Vulnerability Details for External Media

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug external-media (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 1.0.34, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • < 1.0.34
Patched Version
  • 1.0.34

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