Author-level code execution via unfiltered ZIP contents
Published Jun 4, 2024 · Updated Mar 27, 2025
Code injection in Insert or Embed Articulate Content into WordPress 4.3000000023 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to execute PHP. The e-Learning block's ZIP import accepts dangerous extensions such as .phar and .htaccess and extracts them into a web-accessible uploads directory. Author-level access and an Apache web server are required; requesting the extracted file executes attacker-supplied commands under the web server account.
Summary
What happened
Code injection in Insert or Embed Articulate Content into WordPress 4.3000000023 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to execute PHP. The e-Learning block's ZIP import accepts dangerous extensions such as .phar and .htaccess and extracts them into a web-accessible uploads directory. Author-level access and an Apache web server are required; requesting the extracted file executes attacker-supplied commands under the web server account.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-0757
- Published
- Jun 4, 2024
- Updated
- Mar 27, 2025
- Vendor
- Brian Batt – elearningfreak.com
- Product
- Insert or Embed Articulate Content into WordPress
- Classifications
- CWE-434, CWE-94, T1505.003
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Jun 4, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Mar 27, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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Is a vulnerable build present?
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- Affected versionversion=0 <=4.3000000023
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What is affected?
Published CVSS scores
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Attacks
What attackers are doing with it
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Weakness, pattern, technique
Public exploit references
- WPScan Author+ ZIP upload proof of conceptfunctional · validated
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Technologies
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