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WordPress Plugin: wp-file-upload: CVE-2024-39639: Missing Authorization

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N)
Published
Aug 1, 2024
Added
May 15, 2025
Modified
Apr 30, 2026

Description

The WordPress File Upload plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access due to a missing capability check on the wfu_ajax_action_save_shortcode() function in versions up to, and including, 4.24.7. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to save shortcodes

Solution

wp-file-upload-plugin-cve-2024-39639
Title
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