CVE-2024-52490

WordPress Pathomation plugin <= 2.5.1 - Arbitrary File Upload vulnerability

10.0 Critical

Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type vulnerability in pathomation Pathomation pathomation allows Upload a Web Shell to a Web Server.This issue affects Pathomation: from n/a through <= 2.5.1.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

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

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality: High
Integrity: High
Availability: High

Exploit likelihood

0.57%Up 0.5 points since Nov 29, 2024

What each source reports

CVE List Score used 10.0

WordPress Pathomation plugin <= 2.5.1 - Arbitrary File Upload vulnerability

Record: CVE-2024-52490
CVSS 3.1: 10.0 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness: CWE-434
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2024-46086 10.0

Record: EUVD-2024-46086
CVSS 3.1: 10.0 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated: 2026-11-02

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-wv9c-gm3f-587q 10.0

Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type vulnerability in Pathomation allows Upload a Web...

Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type vulnerability in Pathomation allows Upload a Web Shell to a Web Server.This issue affects Pathomation: from n/a through 2.5.1.

Record: GHSA-wv9c-gm3f-587q
CVSS 3.1: 10.0 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness: CWE-434
Updated: 2026-11-02

NVD 10.0

Record: CVE-2024-52490
CVSS 3.1: 10.0 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness: CWE-434
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

pathomation

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-2024-52490 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 10.0) in Pathomation, published November 28, 2024. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.57%, the 47th percentile. No source names a fixed version.