What is CVE-2024-8856?

CVE-2024-8856 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Revmakx Backup And Staging By Wp Time Capsule, classified under Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2024-11-16.

How severe is CVE-2024-8856?

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

Is CVE-2024-8856 known to be exploited?

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

Arbitrary file upload in Revmakx Backup And Staging By Wp Time Capsule

CVE-2024-8856

The Backup and Staging by WP Time Capsule plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads due to missing file type validation in the the UploadHandler.php file and no direct file access prevention in all versions up to, and in…

Vulnerability class: Unrestricted File Upload

EPSS: 0.931 (99.8th 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

Revmakx Backup And Staging By Wp Time Capsule — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-434 — Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-8856?: CVE-2024-8856 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Revmakx Backup And Staging By Wp Time Capsule, classified under Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2024-11-16.
How severe is CVE-2024-8856?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-8856 known to be exploited?: 6 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.