CVE-2021-24253 describes a critical arbitrary file upload vulnerability in the Classyfrieds WordPress plugin up to version 3.8. An authenticated user can exploit this flaw by bypassing insufficient file type validation during listing creation, allowing the upload of malicious PHP files. This leads to Remote Code Execution (RCE) with a high CVSS score of 8.8, indicating severe impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its high severity and potential for RCE, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 3.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:classyfrieds_project:classyfrieds:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 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.