Backup and Staging by WP Time Capsule, CVE-2024-8856

CVE, Research URL: CVE-2024-8856
Home page URL: Security reports for Backup and Staging by WP Time Capsule
Application: Backup and Staging by WP Time Capsule
Published on: Nov 16, 2024
Research Description: The Backup and Staging by WP Time Capsule plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads due to missing file type validation in the the UploadHandler.php file and no direct file access prevention in all versions up to, and including, 1.22.21. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to upload arbitrary files on the affected site's server which may make remote code execution possible.
Affected versions: max 1.22.22.
Status: vulnerable