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FKIE_CVE-2021-24154

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2021-04-05 19:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 03:39

Severity

4.9 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Summary

The Theme Editor WordPress plugin before 2.6 did not validate the GET file parameter before passing it to the download_file() function, allowing administrators to download arbitrary files on the web server, such as /etc/passwd

References

	URL	Tags
	contact@wpscan.com	https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/566c6836-fc3d-4dd9-b351-c3d9da9ec22e	Third Party Advisory
	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/566c6836-fc3d-4dd9-b351-c3d9da9ec22e	Third Party Advisory

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	themeeditor	theme_editor	*

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  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T03:39:29.153",
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CVE-2021-24154 (GCVE-0-2021-24154)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-04-05 18:27 – Updated: 2024-08-03 19:21

Title

Theme Editor < 2.6 - Authenticated Arbitrary File Download

Summary

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

CWE-552 - Files or Directories Accessible to External Parties

Assigner

WPScan mitre root

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/566c6836-fc3d-4d…	x_refsource_CONFIRM

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
Unknown	Theme Editor	Affected: 2.6 , < 2.6 (custom)

Credits

Nguyen Van Khanh - SunCSR (Sun* Cyber Security Research)

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JSON

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