CVE-2021-24254 (GCVE-0-2021-24254)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-05-05 18:39 – Updated: 2024-08-03 19:28
VLAI
Title
College Publisher Import <= 0.1 - Arbitrary File Upload to RCE
Summary
The College publisher Import WordPress plugin through 0.1 does not check for the uploaded CSV file to import, allowing high privilege users to upload arbitrary files, such as PHP, leading to RCE. Due to the lack of CSRF check, the issue could also be exploited via a CSRF attack.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • CWE-434 - Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Unknown College publisher Import Affected: 0.1 , ≤ 0.1 (custom)
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Credits
Jin Huang
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