WordPress Mega Menu <= 2.0.6 - Arbitrary File Creation

Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type
CVE CVE-2021-4443
CVSS Critical (9.8)
Publicly Published February 22, 2021
Last Updated October 16, 2024
Researcher MikelGorraiz
Description

The WordPress Mega Menu plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Arbitrary File Creation in versions up to, and including, 2.0.6 via the compiler_save AJAX action. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to create arbitrary PHP files that can be used to execute malicious code.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug quadmenu (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 2.0.6
Patched Version
  • 2.0.7
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