Front End Upload < 0.5.4 - Arbitrary File Upload

9.8
Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type
CVSS 9.8 (Critical)
Publicly Published February 6, 2012
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Adrien Thierry

Description

The Front End Upload plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads due to missing file type validation via the upload.php file in versions before 0.5.4. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to upload arbitrary files on the affected sites server which may make remote code execution possible.

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Vulnerability Details for front-end-upload

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug front-end-upload (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 0.5.4, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 0.5.3
Patched Version
  • 0.5.4

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