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CVE-2024-6823

HIGH

8.8

Description

The Media Library Assistant plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads due to missing file type validation involving the mla-inline-edit-upload-scripts AJAX action in all versions up to, and including, 3.18. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Author-level access and above, to upload arbitrary files on the affected site's server which may make remote code execution possible.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score8.8

SeverityHIGH

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

Attack VectorNETWORK

ComplexityLOW

Privileges RequiredLOW

User InteractionNONE

Published8/13/2024

Last Modified2/7/2025

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

davidlingren:media_library_assistant

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-434CWE-434

References

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/media-library-assistant/trunk/includes/class-mla-settings.php#L32(security@wordfence.com)

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3133909/(security@wordfence.com)

https://wordpress.org/plugins/media-library-assistant/#developers(security@wordfence.com)

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/9a446fe7-c97a-436e-b494-b924e6518297?source=cve(security@wordfence.com)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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