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CVE-2024-9849: Real3D Flipbook Lite – 3D FlipBook, PDF Viewer, PDF Embedder <= 4.8 - Authenticated (Author+) Arbitrary File Upload

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 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: 2024-11-16 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-434

Description

The Real3D Flipbook Lite – 3D FlipBook, PDF Viewer, PDF Embedder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads due to missing file type validation in the 'r3dfb_save_thumbnail_callback' function in all versions up to, and including, 4.8. 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

• creativeinteractivemedia Real3D Flipbook: through 4.6

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/real3d-flipbook-lite/tags/4.6/includes/plugin-admin.php#L77
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3189781/
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/1f99b366-1a94-41ed-813a-bb13893604d0?source=cve

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