Loco Translate <= 2.5.3 - Authenticated PHP Code Injection

6.5
Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
CVE CVE-2021-24721
CVSS 6.5 (Medium)
Publicly Published October 11, 2021
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Tomi Ashari

Description

The Loco Translate WordPress plugin before 2.5.4 mishandles data inputs which get saved to a file, which can be renamed to an extension ending in .php, resulting in authenticated "translator" users being able to inject PHP code into files ending with .php in web accessible locations.

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Vulnerability Details for Loco Translate

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug loco-translate (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 2.5.4, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • < 2.5.4
Patched Version
  • 2.5.4

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