CVE-2021-24212

CVE-2021-24212: WooCommerce Help Scout < 2.9.1 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Upload leading to RCE

Vendor Unknown

Product WooCommerce Help Scout

Weakness CWE-434 · Unrestricted file upload

Published April 5, 2021

Last update August 3, 2024

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CVSS base score

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What the vulnerability does

01Description

The WooCommerce Help Scout WordPress plugin before 2.9.1 (https://woocommerce.com/products/woocommerce-help-scout/) allows unauthenticated users to upload any files to the site which by default will end up in wp-content/uploads/hstmp.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

April 5, 2021 CVE published

August 3, 2024 Record updated

External resources

03References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-24212 CWE — Common Weakness Enumeration https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/434.html AskarLabs — CWE-434 write-up Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type

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