What is CVE-2021-24620?

CVE-2021-24620 is a high-severity vulnerability in Simple-E-Commerce-Shopping-Cart Project, classified under Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2021-09-13.

How severe is CVE-2021-24620?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2021-24620 known to be exploited?

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

CSRF in Simple-E-Commerce-Shopping-Cart Project

CVE-2021-24620

The WordPress Simple Ecommerce Shopping Cart Plugin- Sell products through Paypal plugin through 2.2.5 does not check for the uploaded Downloadable Digital product file, allowing any file, such as PHP to be uploaded by an administrator. Furthermore, as there is no CSRF in place, attackers could also make a logged admin upload a malicious PHP file, which would lead to RCE

Vulnerability class: Unrestricted File Upload

EPSS: 0.006 (47.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Simple-e-commerce-shopping-cart_project Simple-e-commerce-shopping-cart
Unknown Wordpress Simple Ecommerce Shopping Cart Plugin- Sell Products Through Paypal — versions 2.2.5

Weakness classification (CWE)

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-2021-24620?: CVE-2021-24620 is a high-severity vulnerability in Simple-E-Commerce-Shopping-Cart Project, classified under Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2021-09-13.
How severe is CVE-2021-24620?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2021-24620 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.