CVE-2024-8856
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CVSS Score
V3.1EPSS Score
v2025.03.14There is a 91.9% chance that this vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days.
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Description
The Backup and Staging by WP Time Capsule plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads due to missing file type validation in the the UploadHandler.php file and no direct file access prevention in all versions up to, and including, 1.22.21. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to upload arbitrary files on the affected site's server which may make remote code execution possible.
Available Exploits
WP Time Capsule Plugin - Remote Code Execution
The Backup and Staging by WP Time Capsule plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads due to missing file type validation in the the UploadHandler.php file and no direct file access prevention in all versions up to, and including, 1.22.21. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to upload arbitrary files on the affected site's server which may make remote code execution possible.
References:
- https://hacked.be/posts/CVE-2024-8856
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-time-capsule/trunk/wp-tcapsule-bridge/upload/php/UploadHandler.php
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3188325/
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3153289%40wp-time-capsule&new=3153289%40wp-time-capsule&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/fdc2de78-5601-461f-b2f0-c80b592ccb1b?source=cve
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-8856
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WordPress Vulnerability
Identified and analyzed by Wordfence
Software Type
Patch Status
Published
Software Details
Software Name
Backup and Staging by WP Time Capsule
Software Slug
wp-time-capsule
Affected Versions
Patched Versions
Remediation
Update to version 1.22.22, or a newer patched version
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Advisory Details
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CVSS Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
References
Advisory provided by GitHub Security Advisory Database. Published: November 16, 2024, Modified: July 9, 2025