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CVE-2021-24254: College Publisher Import <= 0.1 - Arbitrary File Upload to RCE

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.8% 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 College publisher Import WordPress plugin through 0.1 does not check for the uploaded CSV file to import, allowing high privilege users to upload arbitrary files, such as PHP, leading to RCE. Due to the lack of CSRF check, the issue could also be exploited via a CSRF attack.

Affected products

• College publisher Import: through 0.1

References

• https://github.com/jinhuang1102/CVE-ID-Reports/blob/master/College%20Puglisher%20Import.md
• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/bb3e56dd-ae2e-45c2-a6c9-a59ae5fc1dc4
• https://github.com/jinhuang1102/CVE-ID-Reports/blob/master/College%20Puglisher%20Import.md
• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/bb3e56dd-ae2e-45c2-a6c9-a59ae5fc1dc4

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