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CVE-2021-24376

Unknown Autoptimize — Autoptimize < 2.7.8 - Arbitrary File Upload via "Import Settings"

EPSS 4%CVSS 9.8
critical.is priorityof 100
47
CVSS 9.8 (NVD)9.8 / 10 × 3029.4Not in CISA KEV+300.0EPSS percentile 89.8.898 × 2018.0No public exploit+100.0SSVC exploitation: unknown+100.0
Description · from the CVE record

The Autoptimize WordPress plugin before 2.7.8 attempts to delete malicious files (such as .php) form the uploaded archive via the "Import Settings" feature, after its extraction. However, the extracted folders are not checked and it is possible to upload a zip which contained a directory with PHP file in it and then it is not removed from the disk. It is a bypass of CVE-2020-24948 which allows sending a PHP file via the "Import Settings" functionality to achieve Remote Code Execution.

Affected

ProductAffectedFixed inSource
Autoptimize2.7.8 – < 2.7.82.7.8CNA

Scores by source

NVD9.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

refwpscan.com/vulnerability/93edcc23-894a-46c2-84d2-407dcb64ba1e