WooCommerce Help Scout <= 2.9.1 - Arbitrary File Upload to Remote Code Execution

9.8
Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type
CVE CVE-2021-24212
CVSS 9.8 (Critical)
Publicly Published March 21, 2021
Last Updated December 5, 2022
Researcher Ville Korhonen / Seravo

Description

The WooCommerce Help Scout WordPress plugin before 2.9.1 (https://woocommerce.com/products/woocommerce-help-scout/) allows unauthenticated users to upload any files to the site which by default will end up in wp-content/uploads/hstmp.

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Vulnerability Details for WooCommerce Help Scout

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug woocommerce-help-scout
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 2.9.2, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 2.9.1
Patched Version
  • 2.9.2

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