CVE-2024-7301

WordPress File Upload <= 4.24.8 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via SVG File Upload

7.2 High

The WordPress File Upload plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via SVG File uploads in all versions up to, and including, 4.24.8 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses the SVG file.

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: Low
Integrity: Low
Availability: None

Exploit likelihood

0.46%Up 0.4 points since Aug 16, 2024

What each source reports

CVE List Score used 7.2

WordPress File Upload <= 4.24.8 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via SVG File Upload

Record: CVE-2024-7301
CVSS 3.1: 7.2 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Weakness: CWE-79
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2024-48242 7.2

Record: EUVD-2024-48242
CVSS 3.1: 7.2 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Updated: 2026-11-02

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-gw3m-cj7m-xhp2 7.2

The WordPress File Upload plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via...

Record: GHSA-gw3m-cj7m-xhp2
CVSS 3.1: 7.2 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Weakness: CWE-79
Updated: 2026-11-02

NVD 7.2

Record: CVE-2024-7301
CVSS 3.1: 7.2 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CVSS 3.1: 6.1 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Weakness: CWE-79
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-2024-7301 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.2) in Iptanus Wordpress File Upload, published August 16, 2024. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.46%, the 40th percentile. No source names a fixed version.