CVE-2021-24499
Workreap theme < 2.2.2 - Unauthenticated Upload Leading to Remote Code Execution
The Workreap WordPress theme before 2.2.2 AJAX actions workreap_award_temp_file_uploader and workreap_temp_file_uploader did not perform nonce checks, or validate that the request is from a valid user in any other way. The endpoints allowed for uploading arbitrary files to the uploads/workreap-temp directory. Uploaded files were neither sanitized nor validated, allowing an unauthenticated visitor to upload executable code such as php scripts.
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
What each source reports
NVD Score used
The Workreap WordPress theme before 2.2.2 AJAX actions workreap_award_temp_file_uploader and workreap_temp_file_uploader did not perform nonce checks, or validate that the request is from a valid user in any other way. The endpoints allowed for uploading arbitrary files to the uploads/workreap-temp directory. Uploaded files were neither sanitized nor validated, allowing an unauthenticated visitor to upload executable code such as php scripts.
- Record
CVE-2021-24499- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 High
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-434
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Workreap theme < 2.2.2 - Unauthenticated Upload Leading to Remote Code Execution
The Workreap WordPress theme before 2.2.2 AJAX actions workreap_award_temp_file_uploader and workreap_temp_file_uploader did not perform nonce checks, or validate that the request is from a valid user in any other way. The endpoints allowed for uploading arbitrary files to the uploads/workreap-temp directory. Uploaded files were neither sanitized nor validated, allowing an unauthenticated visitor to upload executable code such as php scripts.
- Record
CVE-2021-24499- Weakness
- CWE-434
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-11411 No score
The Workreap WordPress theme before 2.2.2 AJAX actions workreap_award_temp_file_uploader and workreap_temp_file_uploader did not perform nonce checks, or validate that the request is from a valid user in any other way. The endpoints allowed for uploading arbitrary files to the uploads/workreap-temp directory. Uploaded files were neither sanitized nor validated, allowing an unauthenticated visitor to upload executable code such as php scripts.
- Record
EUVD-2021-11411- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-r7ww-r6jj-2jrh
The Workreap WordPress theme before 2.2.2 AJAX actions workreap_award_temp_file_uploader and...
The Workreap WordPress theme before 2.2.2 AJAX actions workreap_award_temp_file_uploader and workreap_temp_file_uploader did not perform nonce checks, or validate that the request is from a valid user in any other way. The endpoints allowed for uploading arbitrary files to the uploads/workreap-temp directory. Uploaded files were neither sanitized nor validated, allowing an unauthenticated visitor to upload executable code such as php scripts.
- Record
GHSA-r7ww-r6jj-2jrh- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-434
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Exploit-DB | WordPress Theme Workreap 2.2.2 - Unauthenticated Upload Leading to Remote Code Execution | 2023-06-09 |
| Nuclei | WordPress Workreap - Remote Code Execution | |
| PoC in GitHub | hh-hunter/cve-2021-24499 | 2021-10-06 |
| PoC in GitHub | j4k0m/CVE-2021-24499 | 2021-09-12 |
| PoC in GitHub | jayhutajulu1/CVE-2021-24499 | 2026-01-28 |
| PoC in GitHub | jytmX/CVE-2021-24499 | 2023-09-29 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, Exploit-DB, GitHub Advisories, Nuclei, NVD, PoC in GitHub |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2021-24499 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Amentotech Workreap, published August 9, 2021. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 60.1%, the 99th percentile. No source names a fixed version.