vulnerability
WordPress Plugin: access-demo-importer: CVE-2021-39317: Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Oct 6, 2021 | May 15, 2025 | Apr 29, 2026 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Oct 6, 2021
Added
May 15, 2025
Modified
Apr 29, 2026
Description
A WordPress plugin and several WordPress themes developed by AccessPress Themes are vulnerable to malicious file uploads via the plugin_offline_installer AJAX action due to a missing capability check in the plugin_offline_installer_callback function found in the /demo-functions.php file or /welcome.php file of the affected products.
Solution
access-demo-importer-plugin-cve-2021-39317
References
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-39317
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/4ef1a097-955c-4a0e-a1a2-b34ae2903d0e?source=api-prod
- https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2021-25678
- CVE-2021-39317
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2021-39317
- CWE-285
- CWE-434
- EUVD-EUVD-2021-25678
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