CVE-2024-12719

WordPress File Upload <= 4.24.15 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Limited Path Traversal

2025-01-06 00:00
Lucio Sá

Strategic Overview

Status
Patched in 4.25.0
Affected Plugin
Iptanus File Upload
Affected Version
<= 4.24.15
CVSS
4.3Medium
Weakness type
CWE-862 · Missing Authorization
CVE
CVE-2024-12719
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At a glance

CVE-2024-12719 is a medium-severity Missing Authorization vulnerability in the Iptanus File Upload WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 4.24.15. It carries a CVSS score of 4.3 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity). Exploitation requires an authenticated account at Subscriber level or above. The issue is fixed in version 4.25.0; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed January 2025, reported by Lucio Sá.

Vulnerability Overview

The WordPress File Upload plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data due to a missing capability check on the 'wfu_ajax_action_read_subfolders' function in all versions up to, and including, 4.24.15. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to perform limited path traversal to view directories and subdirectories in WordPress. Files cannot be viewed.

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.

CWE-862: Missing Authorization

Iptanus File Upload <= 4.24.15 carries this weakness at wfu_ajax_action_read_subfolders, and reaching it takes an account at Subscriber level or above. A missing authorization check means a function is reachable by anyone who can reach the endpoint, because the code never asks whether the caller is allowed to perform the action.

Any user who can reach the endpoint gets to run an action reserved for higher-privileged roles, from reading protected data to changing settings or content. For Iptanus File Upload the fix is 4.25.0: builds <= 4.24.15 are affected, anything from 4.25.0 onward is not.

Remediation

Update to version 4.25.0, or a newer patched version

How does WordSec protect against this?

Because it turns on account access, WordSec's login security is the relevant layer: role-based two-factor, captcha and brute-force limits raise the cost of getting the account this needs. None of that substitutes for the fix: Iptanus File Upload 4.25.0 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.

  • Login Security
  • Alerts

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-12719https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/314ae0f5-8a4e-4bf3-9fc9-49f5b036b99ehttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-12719

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