CVE-2020-24948 is a critical arbitrary file upload vulnerability affecting the Autoptimize Wordpress Plugin versions up to 2.7.6. Specifically, the ao_ccss_import AJAX call fails to validate uploaded files, enabling high-privilege users to upload malicious files like PHP scripts. This flaw carries a CVSS score of 7.2 (HIGH), indicating a network-based attack with low complexity, requiring high privileges, and leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While the EPSS score is low, suggesting limited current exploitation, there is no public exploit code available, nor is it listed in the KEV catalog, and it has garnered minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 2.7.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:autoptimize:autoptimize:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.3 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.