What is CVE-2021-24493?

CVE-2021-24493 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Ingenesis Shopp, classified under Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2021-09-13.

How severe is CVE-2021-24493?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2021-24493 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Arbitrary file upload in Ingenesis Shopp

CVE-2021-24493

The shopp_upload_file AJAX action of the Shopp WordPress plugin through 1.4, available to both unauthenticated and authenticated user does not have any security measure in place to prevent upload of malicious files, such as PHP, allowing unauthenticated users to upload arbitrary files and leading to RCE

Vulnerability class: Unrestricted File Upload

EPSS: 0.020 (78.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Ingenesis Shopp
Unknown Shopp — versions 1.4

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-434 — Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

contact@wpscan.com (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-24493?: CVE-2021-24493 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Ingenesis Shopp, classified under Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2021-09-13.
How severe is CVE-2021-24493?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2021-24493 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.