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CVE-2024-11082: Tumult Hype Animations <= 1.9.15 - Authenticated (Author+) Arbitrary File Upload via hypeanimations_panel Function

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.9 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-11-28 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-434

Description

The Tumult Hype Animations plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads due to missing file type validation in the hypeanimations_panel() function in all versions up to, and including, 1.9.15. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Author-level access and above, to upload arbitrary files on the affected site's server which may make remote code execution possible.

Affected products

• tumultinc Tumult Hype Animations: through 1.9.15

References

• https://github.com/tumult/hype-wordpress-plugin/commit/1702d3d4fd0fae9cb9fc40cdfc3dfb8584d5f04c
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tumult-hype-animations/trunk/includes/adminpanel.php#L277
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3197761/
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/tumult-hype-animations/#developers
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/be3a0b4b-cce5-4d78-99d5-697f2cf04427?source=cve

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