{"id":"CVE-2021-24499","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2021-24499","generatedAt":"2026-11-05T01:11:07.529Z","title":"The endpoints allowed for uploading arbitrary files to the uploads/workreap-temp directory.","description":"The Workreap WordPress theme before 2.2.2 AJAX actions workreap_award_temp_file_uploader and workreap_temp_file_uploader did not perform nonce checks, or validate that the request is from a valid user in any other way. The endpoints allowed for uploading arbitrary files to the uploads/workreap-temp directory. Uploaded files were neither sanitized nor validated, allowing an unauthenticated visitor to upload executable code such as php scripts.","published":"2021-08-09T10:15:07.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T03:40:08.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"contact@wpscan.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":9.8,"severity":"CRITICAL","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-434"],"affected":["amentotech/workreap"],"epss":{"score":0.60113,"percentile":0.99136,"date":"2026-11-03","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":false,"firstPublished":"2023-06-09","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":51510,"kind":"exploit","title":"WordPress Theme Workreap 2.2.2 - Unauthenticated Upload Leading to Remote Code Execution","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/51510","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/php/webapps/51510.py","file":"exploits/php/webapps/51510.py","published":"2023-06-09","added":"2023-06-09","updated":"2023-06-09","author":"Mohammad Hossein Khanaki","type":"webapps","platform":"php","port":null,"verified":false,"codes":["CVE-2021-24499"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":null}]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 60.1%, higher than 99% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/172876/WordPress-Workreap-2.2.2-Shell-Upload.html","source":"contact@wpscan.com"},{"url":"https://jetpack.com/2021/07/07/multiple-vulnerabilities-in-workreap-theme/","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"contact@wpscan.com"},{"url":"https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/74611d5f-afba-42ae-bc19-777cdf2808cb","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"contact@wpscan.com"},{"url":"http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/172876/WordPress-Workreap-2.2.2-Shell-Upload.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://jetpack.com/2021/07/07/multiple-vulnerabilities-in-workreap-theme/","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/74611d5f-afba-42ae-bc19-777cdf2808cb","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-24499","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."}