CVE-2024-5807

Business Card <= 1.0.0 - Authenticated (Admin+) Arbitrary File Uplaod

2024-07-09 00:00
Anjo Rev Tingson

Strategic Overview

Status
Unpatched
Affected Plugin
Business Card
Affected Version
<= 1.0.0
CVSS
7.2High
Weakness type
CWE-434 · Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type
CVE
CVE-2024-5807
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At a glance

CVE-2024-5807 is a high-severity Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type vulnerability in the Business Card WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 1.0.0. It carries a CVSS score of 7.2 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity; high confidentiality, integrity, availability impact). Exploitation requires an authenticated account at Admin level or above. No fixed release has been reported yet; treat installations running this software as exposed. Disclosed July 2024, reported by Anjo Rev Tingson.

Vulnerability Overview

The Business Card plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads due to missing file type validation in the admin_view.php file in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.0. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Administrator-level access and above, to upload arbitrary files on the affected site's server which may make remote code execution possible.

Technical Analysis

The vector marks this flaw as remotely reachable over the network, with low attack complexity — no special timing or configuration is needed, and no interaction from a victim user. A successful exploit has high impact on confidentiality, integrity, availability — full site compromise territory.

CWE-434: Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type

Reaching this weakness in Business Card <= 1.0.0 takes an account at Admin level or above. An unrestricted file upload lets a caller store a file whose type or destination the application does not properly constrain.

If an uploaded file lands anywhere the server will execute, the flaw becomes remote code execution and the site should be treated as fully compromised. No fixed build of this plugin is recorded for Business Card yet, so installs running <= 1.0.0 stay exposed until the vendor ships one.

Remediation

No known patch available. Please review the vulnerability's details in depth and employ mitigations based on your organization's risk tolerance. It may be best to uninstall the affected software and find a replacement.

How does WordSec protect against this?

An attacker needs Admin access first, so the firewall sees the attempt as traffic from a logged-in account: WordSec's web application firewall inspects request payloads before WordPress loads them. Classes like this one can leave something behind, so the staged malware scanner is the second half: it looks for dropped files and modified code rather than for the request that created them. No patched version is recorded yet, which is the case where a filtering layer matters most, because there is nothing to update to.

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