CVE-2020-24186

Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 94.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2020-08-24 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-434

Description

A Remote Code Execution vulnerability exists in the gVectors wpDiscuz plugin 7.0 through 7.0.4 for WordPress, which allows unauthenticated users to upload any type of file, including PHP files via the wmuUploadFiles AJAX action.

Affected products

gVectors wpDiscuz: from 7.0 through 7.0.4

References

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162983/WordPress-wpDiscuz-7.0.4-Shell-Upload.html
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/163012/WordPress-wpDiscuz-7.0.4-Remote-Code-Execution.html
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/163302/WordPress-wpDiscuz-7.0.4-Shell-Upload.html
https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2020/07/critical-arbitrary-file-upload-vulnerability-patched-in-wpdiscuz-plugin/
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162983/WordPress-wpDiscuz-7.0.4-Shell-Upload.html
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/163012/WordPress-wpDiscuz-7.0.4-Remote-Code-Execution.html
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/163302/WordPress-wpDiscuz-7.0.4-Shell-Upload.html
https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2020/07/critical-arbitrary-file-upload-vulnerability-patched-in-wpdiscuz-plugin/

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