Vulnerability · Published Jan 31, 2025 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2024-13504Shared Files – Frontend File Upload Form & Secure File Sharing <= 1.7.42 - Limited Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via File Upload
High 7.2
In plain English
A high-severity cross-site scripting in Shared Files – Frontend File Upload Form & Secure File Sharing from anssilaitila. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 33% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
The Shared Files – Frontend File Upload Form & Secure File Sharing plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via dfxp File uploads in all versions up to, and including, 1.7.42 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses the dfxp file. This issue affects only Apache-based environments, where dfxp files are handled by default.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| anssilaitila | Shared Files – Frontend File Upload Form & Secure File Sharing | 0 – through 1.7.42 |
Weakness: CWE-79 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/9f4210a0-5448-4ff6-876a-37db4ad9b23a?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/shared-files/tags/1.7.40
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=3231372%40shared-files%2Ftrunk&old=3229309%40shared-files%2Ftrunk&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=