CVE-2024-6494
WordPress File Upload < 4.24.8 - Unauthenticated Stored XSS
CVE-2024-6494 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.1) in Iptanus Wordpress File Upload, published August 7, 2024. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.36%, the 30th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
- Severity
- 6.1 MediumCVSS 3.1, CVE List
- Exploit chance
- 0.36%EPSS, 30th percentile
- Exploitation
- None knownNot on CISA’s or ENISA’s lists
- Fixed in
- No fix listedNo source names one
Description
The WordPress File Upload WordPress plugin before 4.24.8 does not properly sanitize and escape certain parameters, which could allow unauthenticated users to execute stored cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
Affected products
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
WordPress File Upload < 4.24.8 - Unauthenticated Stored XSS
The WordPress File Upload WordPress plugin before 4.24.8 does not properly sanitize and escape certain parameters, which could allow unauthenticated users to execute stored cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
- Record
CVE-2024-6494- CVSS 3.1
- 6.1 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2024-47579
The WordPress File Upload WordPress plugin before 4.24.8 does not properly sanitize and escape certain parameters, which could allow unauthenticated users to execute stored cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
- Record
EUVD-2024-47579- CVSS 3.1
- 6.1 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-fjrj-vrrh-qjx6
The WordPress File Upload WordPress plugin before 4.24.8 does not properly sanitize and escape...
The WordPress File Upload WordPress plugin before 4.24.8 does not properly sanitize and escape certain parameters, which could allow unauthenticated users to execute stored cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
- Record
GHSA-fjrj-vrrh-qjx6- CVSS 3.1
- 6.1 Medium
CVSS: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
NVD
The WordPress File Upload WordPress plugin before 4.24.8 does not properly sanitize and escape certain parameters, which could allow unauthenticated users to execute stored cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
- Record
CVE-2024-6494- CVSS 3.1
- 6.1 Medium
CVSS: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
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.