CVE-2024-7257: YayExtra – WooCommerce Extra Product Options <= 1.3.7 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Upload via handle_upload_file Function

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2024-08-03 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-434

Description

The YayExtra – WooCommerce Extra Product Options plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads due to missing file type validation in the handle_upload_file function in all versions up to, and including, 1.3.7. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to upload arbitrary files on the affected site's server which may make remote code execution possible.

Affected products

YayCommerce YayExtra: through 1.3.7

References

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/yayextra/tags/1.3.6/includes/Classes/ProductPage.php#L1413
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/yayextra/tags/1.3.6/includes/Classes/ProductPage.php#L1452
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3129731/
https://wordpress.org/plugins/yayextra/#developers
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/753a4f7a-7bd4-43a4-b8fb-9e982239ba0e?source=cve

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