CVE-2021-4225 (GCVE-0-2021-4225)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-04-25 15:50 – Updated: 2024-08-03 17:16
VLAI
Title
SP Project & Document Manager < 4.24 - Subscriber+ Shell Upload
Summary
The SP Project & Document Manager WordPress plugin before 4.24 allows any authenticated users, such as subscribers, to upload files. The plugin attempts to prevent PHP and other similar files that could be executed on the server from being uploaded by checking the file extension. It was discovered that on Windows servers, the security checks in place were insufficient, enabling bad actors to potentially upload backdoors on vulnerable sites.
Severity
8.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-434 - Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type
Assigner
WPScan CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard E 44/100 over 2206 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Unknown SP Project & Document Manager Affected: 4.24 , < 4.24 (custom)
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Credits
pang0lin @webray.com.cn inc
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