CVE-2024-9939
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-01-08 08:18
Modified
2025-01-08 14:06
Summary
The WordPress File Upload plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Path Traversal in all versions up to, and including, 4.24.13 via wfu_file_downloader.php. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to read files outside of the originally intended directory.
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