Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-28890

Medium

Published: 23 April 2024

Published
23 April 2024
Modified
04 April 2025
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
EPSS Score 0.0085 75.3th percentile
Risk Priority 11 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2024-28890 is a medium-severity Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type (CWE-434) vulnerability in Incsub Forminator. Its CVSS base score is 5.3 (Medium).

Operationally, ranked in the top 24.7% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Forminator prior to 1.29.0 contains an unrestricted upload of file with dangerous type vulnerability. If this vulnerability is exploited, a remote attacker may obtain sensitive information by accessing files on the server, alter the site that uses the plugin, and…

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cause a denial-of-service (DoS) condition.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

incsub
forminator
≤ 1.29.0

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

addresses: CWE-434

Requiring identifiable owners for portable devices reduces the attack surface for unrestricted uploads of dangerous file types via anonymous media.

addresses: CWE-434

Dangerous file uploads can be detonated in the chamber to determine malice before any production write or execution occurs.

addresses: CWE-434

Prevents unrestricted writing of arbitrary or malicious firmware by keeping hardware write-protect enabled except under tightly controlled manual procedures.

addresses: CWE-434

Scans files from external sources on download/open/execute, blocking unrestricted uploads of dangerous file types.

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