Unauthenticated web-shell upload via missing type validation
Published Oct 29, 2024 · Updated May 12, 2026
Unrestricted file upload in Ajar Productions Ajar in5 Embed 3.1.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to place web shells on servers. The unauthenticated admin-ajax.php upload path accepts files[] and customPath data without enforcing safe file types before storing the content. No account or user interaction is required; a server-executable upload grants persistent remote command execution under the web server account.
Summary
What happened
Unrestricted file upload in Ajar Productions Ajar in5 Embed 3.1.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to place web shells on servers. The unauthenticated admin-ajax.php upload path accepts files[] and customPath data without enforcing safe file types before storing the content. No account or user interaction is required; a server-executable upload grants persistent remote command execution under the web server account.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-50473
- Published
- Oct 29, 2024
- Updated
- May 12, 2026
- Vendor
- Ajar Productions
- Product
- Ajar in5 Embed
- Classifications
- CWE-434, CAPEC-650, T1190, T1505.003
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
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- Oct 29, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- May 12, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=0 <=3.1.3
- Affected versionversion=0 <=3.1.3 changes=[{"at":"3.1.4","status":"unaffected"}]
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