CVE-2023-29386 CRITICAL

CVE-2023-29386: WordPress Manager for Icomoon plugin <= 2.0 - Arbitrary File Upload vulnerability

Vendor Julien Crego

Product Manager for Icomoon

Weakness CWE-434 · Unrestricted file upload

Published March 26, 2024

Last update April 28, 2026

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CVSS base score

9.1/10

Attack vector Network

Attack complexity Low

Privileges required High

User interaction None

Confidentiality High

Integrity High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type vulnerability in Julien Crego Manager for Icomoon.This issue affects Manager for Icomoon: from n/a through 2.0.

Explanation of Vulnerability in Simple Terms

02Summary

Manager for Icomoon versions up to 2.0 allow authenticated administrators to upload files without proper validation. An attacker with admin privileges can upload malicious files that may affect the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the site and potentially other systems. The vulnerability requires high-level access and does not require user interaction.

What an attacker can do

03Attacker Capabilities

Upload malicious files to the site with admin privileges.

Potential impact on your site

04Site Impact

A compromised admin account could upload files that damage site integrity or availability.

Conditions required to exploit

05Prerequisites

Attacker must have administrator-level access to the site.

Key dates

06Disclosure timeline

March 26, 2024 CVE published

April 28, 2026 Record updated

External resources

07References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-29386 CWE — Common Weakness Enumeration https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/434.html AskarLabs — CWE-434 write-up Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type

Related vulnerabilities

Identifiers

CVE CVE-2023-29386

CWE CWE-434

CVSS 9.1 / CRITICAL

Affected versions