vulnerability

WordPress Plugin: autoptimize: CVE-2020-24948: Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Aug 24, 2020
Added
May 15, 2025
Modified
Apr 30, 2026

Description

The ao_ccss_import AJAX call in Autoptimize Wordpress Plugin 2.7.6 does not ensure that the file provided is a legitimate Zip file, allowing high privilege users to upload arbitrary files, such as PHP, leading to remote command execution.

Solution

autoptimize-plugin-cve-2020-24948
Title
Rapid7 Labs

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