Simple Schools Staff Directory <= 1.1 - Authenticated (Admin+) Arbitrary File Upload

Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVE	CVE-2021-24663
CVSS	High (7.2)
Publicly Published	August 23, 2021
Last Updated	January 22, 2024
Researcher	Chuang LI

Description

The Simple Schools Staff Directory WordPress plugin through 1.1 does not validate uploaded logo pictures to ensure that are indeed images, allowing high privilege users such as admin to upload arbitrary file like PHP, leading to RCE

References

www.wordfence.com

1 affected software package

Software Type	Plugin
Software Slug	simple-schools-staff-directory (view on wordpress.org)
Patched?	No
Affected Version	<= 1.1
Patched Version

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