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CVE-2024-42640

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 40.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2024-10-11 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-434

Description

angular-base64-upload prior to v0.1.21 is vulnerable to unauthenticated remote code execution via demo/server.php. Exploiting this vulnerability allows an attacker to upload arbitrary content to the server, which can subsequently be accessed through demo/uploads. This leads to the execution of previously uploaded content and enables the attacker to achieve code execution on the server. NOTE: This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer.

Affected products

• Angular-Base64-Upload-Project Angular-Base64-Upload: before 0.1.21 — fixed in 0.1.21

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Angular-Base64-Upload-Project Angular-Base64-Upload 0.1.21. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/adonespitogo/angular-base64-upload
• https://www.zyenra.com/blog/unauthenticated-rce-in-angular-base64-upload.html

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