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CVE-2024-8252: Clean Login <= 1.14.5 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Local File Inclusion

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 3.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2024-08-30 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-98

Description

The Clean Login plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Local File Inclusion in all versions up to, and including, 1.14.5 via the 'template' attribute of the clean-login-register shortcode. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to include and execute arbitrary files on the server, allowing the execution of any PHP code in those files. This can be used to bypass access controls, obtain sensitive data, or achieve code execution in cases where images and other “safe” file types can be uploaded and included.

Affected products

• Clean Login: before 1.14.6 — fixed in 1.14.6

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Clean Login 1.14.6. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/clean-login/tags/1.14.5/include/frontend.php#L20
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/clean-login/tags/1.14.5/include/shortcodes.php#L146
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3143241%40clean-login&new=3143241%40clean-login&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b9f99b51-e1b1-4cd3-a9f7-24e4b59811a7?source=cve

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