CVE-2021-24376

CVE-2021-24376: Autoptimize < 2.7.8 - Arbitrary File Upload via "Import Settings"

Vendor Unknown
Product Autoptimize
Weakness CWE-434 · Unrestricted file upload
Published June 21, 2021
Last update August 3, 2024

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What the vulnerability does

01Description

The Autoptimize WordPress plugin before 2.7.8 attempts to delete malicious files (such as .php) form the uploaded archive via the "Import Settings" feature, after its extraction. However, the extracted folders are not checked and it is possible to upload a zip which contained a directory with PHP file in it and then it is not removed from the disk. It is a bypass of CVE-2020-24948 which allows sending a PHP file via the "Import Settings" functionality to achieve Remote Code Execution.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

June 21, 2021 CVE published
August 3, 2024 Record updated