Autoptimize, CVE-2021-24377

CVE, Research URL: CVE-2021-24377
Home page URL: Security reports for Autoptimize
Application: Autoptimize
Published on: Jun 22, 2021
Research Description: The Autoptimize WordPress plugin before 2.7.8 attempts to remove potential malicious files from the extracted archive uploaded via the 'Import Settings' feature, however this is not sufficient to protect against RCE as a race condition can be achieved in between the moment the file is extracted on the disk but not yet removed. It is a bypass of CVE-2020-24948.
Affected versions: Min -, max 2.7.8.
Status: vulnerable