{"id":"CVE-2021-24254","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2021-24254","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T22:33:47.036Z","title":"The College publisher Import WordPress plugin through 0.1 does not check for the uploaded CSV file to import, allowing high privilege users to upload arbitrary files, such as PHP, leading to RCE.","description":"The College publisher Import WordPress plugin through 0.1 does not check for the uploaded CSV file to import, allowing high privilege users to upload arbitrary files, such as PHP, leading to RCE. Due to the lack of CSRF check, the issue could also be exploited via a CSRF attack.","published":"2021-05-06T13:15:12.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T03:39:43.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"contact@wpscan.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":7.2,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-434"],"affected":["college publisher import project/college publisher import"],"epss":{"score":0.01844,"percentile":0.7888,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.84%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/jinhuang1102/CVE-ID-Reports/blob/master/College%20Puglisher%20Import.md","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"contact@wpscan.com"},{"url":"https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/bb3e56dd-ae2e-45c2-a6c9-a59ae5fc1dc4","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"contact@wpscan.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/jinhuang1102/CVE-ID-Reports/blob/master/College%20Puglisher%20Import.md","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/bb3e56dd-ae2e-45c2-a6c9-a59ae5fc1dc4","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-24254","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}