Instructor-level web-shell upload via unchecked file types
Published Dec 18, 2024 · Updated May 12, 2026
Unrestricted file upload in VibeThemes WPLMS before 1.9.9.5.2 allows remote authenticated users with Instructor access to upload web shells. WPLMS accepts uploaded files without validating their types; no public source identifies the affected function or endpoint for this issue. An Instructor account is required, and a successfully uploaded PHP web shell executes code in the web server process context.
Summary
What happened
Unrestricted file upload in VibeThemes WPLMS before 1.9.9.5.2 allows remote authenticated users with Instructor access to upload web shells. WPLMS accepts uploaded files without validating their types; no public source identifies the affected function or endpoint for this issue. An Instructor account is required, and a successfully uploaded PHP web shell executes code in the web server process context.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-56054
- Published
- Dec 18, 2024
- Updated
- May 12, 2026
- Vendor
- VibeThemes
- Product
- WPLMS
- Classifications
- CWE-434, T1505.003
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
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- Dec 18, 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 <=1.9.9.5.2 changes=[{"at":"1.9.9.5.2","status":"unaffected"}]
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