Arbitrary File Inclusion Vulnerability in Clean Login Plugin for WordPress

CVE-2024-8252

What is CVE-2024-8252?

The Clean Login plugin for WordPress presents a vulnerability that enables Local File Inclusion through the 'template' attribute in the clean-login-register shortcode. Authenticated users with Contributor-level access and above can exploit this flaw to include and execute arbitrary files on the server. This vulnerability can facilitate the execution of unauthorized PHP code, leading to access control bypassing, data exposure, or arbitrary code execution through the upload of seemingly safe file types such as images.

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