What is CVE-2024-8699?

CVE-2024-8699 is a high-severity vulnerability in Urbanbase Z-Downloads, classified under CWE-434 UNRESTRICTED UPLOAD OF FILE WITH DANGEROUS TYPE. CVSS score: 7.2/10. Published 2025-05-15.

How severe is CVE-2024-8699?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.2 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Urbanbase Z-Downloads

CVE-2024-8699

The Z-Downloads WordPress plugin before 1.11.5 does not properly validate files uploaded, allowing high privilege users such as admin to upload arbitrary files on the server even when they should not be allowed to (for example in multisite setup)

Published 2025-05-15 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.2 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.007 (50.0th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 50th percentile — 50.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.007 · newest: 0.007 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Urbanbase Z-Downloads
Z-Downloads — versions 0

References

wpscan.com/vulnerability/9013351e-224f-4696-970f-eb843dc8dace/ (Exploit, technical-description, Third Party Advisory, exploit, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-8699?: CVE-2024-8699 is a high-severity vulnerability in Urbanbase Z-Downloads, classified under CWE-434 UNRESTRICTED UPLOAD OF FILE WITH DANGEROUS TYPE. CVSS score: 7.2/10. Published 2025-05-15.
How severe is CVE-2024-8699?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.2 out of 10.