CVE-2024-49668
Published: 23 October 2024
Summary
CVE-2024-49668 is a critical-severity Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type (CWE-434) vulnerability. Its CVSS base score is 10.0 (Critical).
Operationally, ranked in the top 1.7% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Deeper analysis
The CVE-2024-49668 vulnerability is an unrestricted upload of files with dangerous types, tracked as CWE-434, in the Verbalize WP WordPress plugin by christopherdewese1099. It affects all versions through 1.0 and permits an attacker to upload a web shell directly to the server. The flaw received a CVSS 3.1 score of 10.0 with the vector AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H.
An unauthenticated attacker can exploit the issue over the network to place and execute arbitrary files, including web shells, on the underlying web server. Successful exploitation yields full control of the affected WordPress site and the hosting environment, enabling data theft, persistence, or lateral movement.
The Patchstack advisory at the referenced URL documents the arbitrary-file-upload issue in Verbalize WP but provides no explicit mitigation guidance beyond the disclosure itself. The EPSS score of 0.5896 shows sustained moderate exploitation probability without a rising trajectory from a lower baseline.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2024-43526
Vulnerability details
Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type vulnerability in christopherdewese1099 Verbalize WP verbalize-wp allows Upload a Web Shell to a Web Server.This issue affects Verbalize WP: from n/a through <= 1.0.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
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.
Requiring identifiable owners for portable devices reduces the attack surface for unrestricted uploads of dangerous file types via anonymous media.
Dangerous file uploads can be detonated in the chamber to determine malice before any production write or execution occurs.
Prevents unrestricted writing of arbitrary or malicious firmware by keeping hardware write-protect enabled except under tightly controlled manual procedures.
Scans files from external sources on download/open/execute, blocking unrestricted uploads of dangerous file types.