Vulnerability CVE-2021-24311
Published: 2021-06-01

Description:
The wp_ajax_upload-remote-file AJAX action of the External Media WordPress plugin before 1.0.34 was vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads via any authenticated users.

Type:

CWE-434

 (Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
6.5/10
6.4/10
8/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
Single time
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
External media project -> External media 

 References:
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/4fb90999-6f91-4200-a0cc-bfe9b34a5de9
https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2021/05/critical-vulnerability-patched-in-external-media-plugin/
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