CVE-2024-6651 | WordPress File Upload < 4.24.8 - Reflected XSS

Exp

The WordPress File Upload WordPress plugin before 4.24.8 does not sanitise and escape a parameter before outputting it back in the page, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting which could be used against high privilege users such as admin

Published: 2024-08-06 Last update: 2025-04-11 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2024-6651 is rated High Exploit Risk (77/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 18.52%, 95th percentile). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +4.27% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2024-6651

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2024-6651

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-05-09 14.26% 18.52% +4.27%
2 2026-04-28 11.97% 14.26% +2.29%
3 2026-02-18 11.97%

Full EPSS history (25 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2024-6651

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.1 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:C)
Breaking this can reach past the original component and bite other resources—bigger blast radius.
Confidentiality (C:L)
Some sensitive info could get out, but not a total data dump.
Integrity (I:L)
Attackers could change some data, but it’s limited—not everything goes.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
2.8 2.7 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2024-6651

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2024-6651

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
iptanus wordpress_file_upload < 4.24.8 cpe:2.3:a:iptanus:wordpress_file_upload:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

References for CVE-2024-6651

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