WooCommerce Help Scout < 2.9.1 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Upload leading to RCE
CVE-2021-24212

9.8CRITICAL

Key Information:

Vendor

Wordpress
Status
WooCommerce Help Scout
Vendor
CVE Published:
5 April 2021

What is CVE-2021-24212?

The WooCommerce Help Scout WordPress plugin before 2.9.1 (https://woocommerce.com/products/woocommerce-help-scout/) allows unauthenticated users to upload any files to the site which by default will end up in wp-content/uploads/hstmp.

Affected Version(s)

WooCommerce Help Scout 2.9.1

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/cf9305e8-f5bc-45c3-82db-...
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http://dzv365zjfbd8v.cloudfront.net/changelogs/woocommerc...
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EPSS Score

67% chance of being exploited in the next 30 days.

CVSS V3.1

Score:
9.8
Severity:
CRITICAL
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Ville Korhonen / Seravo
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CVE-2021-24212 : WooCommerce Help Scout < 2.9.1 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Upload leading to RCE