WP Image Uploader <= 1.0.1 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary File Deletion

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
CVE CVE-2024-13720
CVSS High (8.8)
Publicly Published January 29, 2025
Last Updated January 30, 2025
Researcher Colin Xu
Description

The WP Image Uploader plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file deletion due to insufficient file path validation in the gky_image_uploader_main_function() function in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.1. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to delete arbitrary files on the server, which can easily lead to remote code execution when the right file is deleted (such as wp-config.php).

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug wp-image-uploader (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? No
Affected Version
  • <= 1.0.1
Patched Version
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