Comments - wpDiscuz 7.0 - 7.0.4 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Upload leading to Remote Code Execution

Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type
CVE CVE-2020-24186
CVSS Critical (9.8)
Publicly Published June 6, 2021
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Chloe Chamberland
Description

A Remote Code Execution vulnerability exists in the gVectors wpDiscuz plugin 7.0 through 7.0.4 for WordPress, which allows unauthenticated users to upload any type of file, including PHP files via the wmuUploadFiles AJAX action.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug wpdiscuz (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • 7.0 - 7.0.4
Patched Version
  • 7.0.5
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