CVE-2024-6823 (GCVE-0-2024-6823)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-08-13 05:30 – Updated: 2024-08-13 18:30
VLAI?
Summary
The Media Library Assistant plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads due to missing file type validation involving the mla-inline-edit-upload-scripts AJAX action in all versions up to, and including, 3.18. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Author-level access and above, to upload arbitrary files on the affected site's server which may make remote code execution possible.
Severity ?
8.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-434 - Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
dglingren Media Library Assistant Affected: * , ≤ 3.18 (semver)
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wesley
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