CVE-2024-9047
WordPress File Upload <= 4.24.11 - Unauthenticated Path Traversal to Arbitrary File Read and Deletion in wfu_file_downloader.php
CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 93.3%
The WordPress File Upload plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Path Traversal in all versions up to, and including, 4.24.11 via wfu_file_downloader.php. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to read or delete files outside of the originally intended directory. Successful exploitation requires the targeted WordPress installation to be using PHP 7.4 or earlier.
- Affected
- nickboss · Iptanus File Upload
- CVSS v3.1 WORDFENCE
- 9.8 CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - EPSS
- 93.34% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 100th percentile
- Nuclei
- critical · CWE-22
- Published
- 2024-10-12
- Updated
- 2026-04-08
Proof-of-concept exploits (6)
- Nxploited/CVE-2024-9047-Exploit4★ · 2025-01-25
- iSee857/CVE-2024-9047-PoC5★ · 2025-04-01
- mr-won/CVE-2024-90470★ · 2025-03-16
- tpdlshdmlrkfmcla/CVE-2024-90470★ · 2025-03-16
- verylazytech/CVE-2024-90477★ · 2025-01-08
- amirqusairy99/WordPress-File-Upload-4.24.11---Unauthenticated-Path-Traversal0★ · 2025-11-01
Nuclei templates (1)
Security advisories
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/554a314c-9e8e-4691-9792-d086790…
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3164449/wp-file-upload