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Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type

CVE-2022-1939

Severity High
Score 7.2/10

Summary

The Allow svg files WordPress plugin before 1.1 does not properly validate uploaded files, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to upload PHP files even when they are not allowed to

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • HIGH
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • HIGH
  • HIGH
  • HIGH

CWE-434 - Unrestricted Upload of File with dangerous type

'Unrestricted file upload with dangerous type' attacks involve an attacker uploading or transferring files of dangerous types to the server. The severity of such an attack depends upon the execution mechanism and the storage location of the uploaded file. Thus, it may range from simple defacement to arbitrary file execution, and complete system takeover.

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  • Published