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CVE-2024-8104: The Ultimate WordPress Toolkit – WP Extended <= 3.0.8 - Directory Traversal to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary File Download

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 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: 2024-09-04 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-22

Description

The The Ultimate WordPress Toolkit – WP Extended plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Directory Traversal in all versions up to, and including, 3.0.8 via the download_file_ajax function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber access and above, to read the contents of arbitrary files on the server, which can contain sensitive information.

Affected products

• wpextended The Ultimate WordPress Toolkit – WP Extended: before 3.0.9 — fixed in 3.0.9

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: wpextended The Ultimate WordPress Toolkit – WP Extended 3.0.9. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpextended/trunk/includes/libraries/wpext_export/wpext_export.php#L137
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=3145430%40wpextended%2Ftrunk&old=3134345%40wpextended%2Ftrunk&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/0fad1834-0ee1-4542-a5a7-55a32861c81d?source=cve

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