CVE-2024-10820: The WooCommerce Upload Files plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads due to missing file type validation in the upload_files() function in all versions up to, and including, 84.3.

critical Affects woocommerce-upload-files (WordPress plugin). Feed 2026.10.29.1, updated 2026-10-28; published 2024-11-13; advisory modified 2026-06-17.

The WooCommerce Upload Files plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads due to missing file type validation in the upload_files() function in all versions up to, and including, 84.3.

Package: woocommerce-upload-files (WordPress plugin) WordPress
Affected versions: <84.4
Fixed in: 84.4
Severity: critical CVSS 9.8
Exploitation: not on CISA KEV · EPSS 1% (68.2th percentile)
Published: 2024-11-13
Source: nvd

References

CWE-434

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