CVE-2024-10586: Debug Tool <= 2.2 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Creation

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2024-11-09 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-862

Description

The Debug Tool plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file creation due to a missing capability check on the dbt_pull_image() function and missing file type validation in all versions up to, and including, 2.2. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to to create arbitrary files such as .php files that can be leveraged for remote code execution. CVE-2024-52416 may be a duplicate of this issue.

Affected products

eugenbobrowski Debug Tool: through 2.2

References

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/debug-tool/trunk/tools/image-puller.php#L120
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/5e9d5c93-dcd7-450e-8c52-5c95fc5473d2?source=cve

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