CVE-2024-5852

WordPress File Upload <= 4.24.7 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Directory Traversal

4.3 Medium

The WordPress File Upload plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Directory Traversal in all versions up to, and including, 4.24.7 via the 'uploadpath' parameter of the wordpress_file_upload shortcode. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to upload limited files to arbitrary locations on the web server.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

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

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality: None
Integrity: Low
Availability: None

Exploit likelihood

0.69%Up 0.6 points since Jul 17, 2024

What each source reports

CVE List Score used 4.3

WordPress File Upload <= 4.24.7 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Directory Traversal

Record: CVE-2024-5852
CVSS 3.1: 4.3 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Weakness: CWE-22
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2024-46996 4.3

Record: EUVD-2024-46996
CVSS 3.1: 4.3 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Updated: 2026-11-02

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-8j2w-hc9h-wm6f 4.3

The WordPress File Upload plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Directory Traversal in all...

Record: GHSA-8j2w-hc9h-wm6f
CVSS 3.1: 4.3 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Weakness: CWE-22
Updated: 2026-11-02

NVD 4.3

Record: CVE-2024-5852
CVSS 3.1: 4.3 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Weakness: CWE-22
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-2024-5852 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.3) in Iptanus Wordpress File Upload, published July 16, 2024. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.69%, the 52nd percentile. No source names a fixed version.