What is CVE-2024-5450?

CVE-2024-5450 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Bug Library Project, classified under Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type. CVSS score: 9.1/10. Published 2024-07-13.

How severe is CVE-2024-5450?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.1 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-5450 known to be exploited?

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

Arbitrary file upload in Bug Library Project

CVE-2024-5450

The Bug Library WordPress plugin before 2.1.1 does not check the file type on user-submitted bug reports, allowing an unauthenticated user to upload PHP files

Vulnerability class: Unrestricted File Upload

Published 2024-07-13 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.1 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.008 (55.5th percentile), scored 2026-10-07.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 56th percentile — 55.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.008 · newest: 0.008 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Bug Library Project
Bug Library — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-434 — Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

wpscan.com/vulnerability/d91217bc-9f8f-4971-885e-89edc45b2a4d/ (Exploit, technical-description, Third Party Advisory, exploit, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-5450?: CVE-2024-5450 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Bug Library Project, classified under Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type. CVSS score: 9.1/10. Published 2024-07-13.
How severe is CVE-2024-5450?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-5450 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.