CVE-2024-6054 Information

Description

The Auto Featured Image plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads due to missing file type validation in the ‘create_post_attachment_from_url’ function in all versions up to and including 1.2. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with contributor-level and above permissions to upload arbitrary files on the affected site’s server which may make remote code execution possible.

Reference

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/4d1512c2-75c1-405b-8bb4-f42ec69159a7?source=cve https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/auto-featured-image/tags/1.2/auto-featured-image.php#L167 The Auto Featured Image plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads due to missing file type validation in the ‘create_post_attachment_from_url’ function in all versions up to and including 1.2. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with contributor-level and above permissions to upload arbitrary files on the affected site’s server which may make remote code execution possible.