CVE-2021-24212 PoC — WooCommerce Help Scout < 2.9.1 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Upload leading to RCE

Source

https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2021/CVE-2021-24212.yaml

Associated Vulnerability

Title: WooCommerce Help Scout < 2.9.1 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Upload leading to RCE (CVE-2021-24212)
Description:The WooCommerce Help Scout WordPress plugin before 2.9.1 (https://woocommerce.com/products/woocommerce-help-scout/) allows unauthenticated users to upload any files to the site which by default will end up in wp-content/uploads/hstmp.

Description

WooCommerce Help Scout plugin before version 2.9.1 contains an unrestricted file upload vulnerability. The vulnerability allows unauthenticated users to upload arbitrary files to the server which by default will end up in wp-content/uploads/hstmp/ directory, potentially leading to remote code execution.

File Snapshot

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