CVE-2024-8699 (GCVE-0-2024-8699)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-05-15 20:07
Modified
2025-05-20 19:13
Severity ?
7.2 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
Summary
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)
References
contact@wpscan.comhttps://wpscan.com/vulnerability/9013351e-224f-4696-970f-eb843dc8dace/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/9013351e-224f-4696-970f-eb843dc8dace/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Unknown Z-Downloads Version: 0   ≤
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