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medium 6.8

CVE-2021-24490 json

Email Artillery <= 4.1 - Arbitrary File Upload

published 5y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2021-11402

cvss
6.8
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.6%
EPSS 0.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 46%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The Email Artillery (MASS EMAIL) WordPress plugin through 4.1 does not properly check the uploaded files from the Import Emails feature, allowing arbitrary files to be uploaded. Furthermore, the plugin is also lacking any CSRF check, allowing such issue to be exploited via a CSRF attack as well. However, due to the presence of a .htaccess, denying access to everything in the folder the file is uploaded to, the malicious uploaded file will only be accessible on Web Servers such as Nginx/IIS

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Exploit prediction

0.56% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 46% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • wpscan.com https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/4ea0127e-afef-41bf-a005-c57432f9f58c referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 6.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 6.0 AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

  • Unknown Email Artillery (MASS EMAIL)

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-434 Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type
  • CWE-352 Cross-Site Request Forgery
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References

Sources

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