Catch Themes Demo Import <= 1.7 - Arbitrary File Upload

Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type
CVE CVE-2021-39352
CVSS High (7.2)
Publicly Published October 21, 2021
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Thinkland Security Team
Description

The Catch Themes Demo Import WordPress plugin is vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads via the import functionality found in the ~/inc/CatchThemesDemoImport.php file, in versions up to and including 1.7, due to insufficient file type validation. This makes it possible for an attacker with administrative privileges to upload malicious files that can be used to achieve remote code execution.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug catch-themes-demo-import (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 1.7
Patched Version
  • 1.8
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