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CVE-2021-24248: Business Directory Plugin < 5.11.1 - Authenticated PHP4 Upload to RCE

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2021-05-06 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-434

Description

The Business Directory Plugin – Easy Listing Directories for WordPress WordPress plugin before 5.11.1 did not properly check for imported files, forbidding certain extension via a blacklist approach, allowing administrator to import an archive with a .php4 inside for example, leading to RCE

Affected products

• Business Directory Team Business Directory Plugin – Easy Listing Directories for WordPress: before 5.11.1 — fixed in 5.11.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Business Directory Team Business Directory Plugin – Easy Listing Directories for WordPress 5.11.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/ca886a34-cd2b-4032-9de1-8089b5cf3001
• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/ca886a34-cd2b-4032-9de1-8089b5cf3001

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