CVE-2024-37420 (GCVE-0-2024-37420)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-07-09 10:18 – Updated: 2026-04-28 16:09
VLAI
Title
WordPress Zita Elementor Site Library plugin <= 1.6.1 - Arbitrary Code Execution vulnerability
Summary
Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type vulnerability in WPZita Zita Elementor Site Library allows Upload a Web Shell to a Web Server.This issue affects Zita Elementor Site Library: from n/a through 1.6.1.
Severity
9.9 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-07-11 20:19 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-434 - Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
WPZita Zita Elementor Site Library Affected: n/a , ≤ 1.6.1 (custom)
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wpzita zita_elementor_site_library Affected: 0 , ≤ 1.6.1 (custom)
    cpe:2.3:a:wpzita:zita_elementor_site_library:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Credits
Majed Refaea (Patchstack Alliance)
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