CVE-2024-38734

WordPress Import Spreadsheets from Microsoft Excel plugin <= 10.1.4 - Arbitrary File Upload vulnerability

9.1 Critical

Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type vulnerability in SpreadsheetConverter Import Spreadsheets from Microsoft Excel allows Code Injection.This issue affects Import Spreadsheets from Microsoft Excel: from n/a through 10.1.4.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector: Network
Complexity: Low
Privileges needed: High
User interaction: None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality: High
Integrity: High
Availability: High

Exploit likelihood

0.49%Up 0.4 points since Jul 13, 2024

What each source reports

CVE List Score used 9.1

WordPress Import Spreadsheets from Microsoft Excel plugin <= 10.1.4 - Arbitrary File Upload vulnerability

Record: CVE-2024-38734
CVSS 3.1: 9.1 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness: CWE-434
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2024-37582 9.1

Record: EUVD-2024-37582
CVSS 3.1: 9.1 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated: 2026-11-02

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-mc99-vhff-24qr 9.1

Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type vulnerability in SpreadsheetConverter Import...

Record: GHSA-mc99-vhff-24qr
CVSS 3.1: 9.1 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness: CWE-434
Updated: 2026-11-02

NVD 9.1

Record: CVE-2024-38734
CVSS 3.1: 9.1 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness: CWE-434
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2024-38734 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.1) in Spreadsheetconverter Import Spreadsheets From Microsoft Excel, published July 12, 2024. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.49%, the 42nd percentile. No source names a fixed version.