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CVE-2024-52374:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
CVE-2024-52374 is an Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type vulnerability affecting the WordPress Do That Task plugin versions through 1.5.5. The vulnerability was discovered by researcher stealthcopter and was publicly disclosed on November 11, 2024 (Patchstack).
Technical details
The vulnerability is classified as CWE-434 (Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type) and has received a CVSS v3.1 base score of 10.0 CRITICAL (Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H). The vulnerability allows for arbitrary file upload to a web server, specifically enabling the upload of web shells (NVD).
Impact
The vulnerability is considered highly dangerous and is expected to become mass exploited. It allows malicious actors to upload any type of file to the affected website, including backdoors which can be executed to gain further access to the website (Patchstack).
Mitigation and workarounds
Currently, there is no official fix available for this vulnerability. Patchstack has issued a virtual patch to mitigate this issue by blocking any attacks until an official fix becomes available (Patchstack).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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