WordPress Classifieds Plugin – Ad Directory & Listings by AWP Classifieds < 2.0 — Arbitrary File Upload
CVE-2012-4874Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: <2.0Update to 2.0 or newer
All remediation steps- Severity
- High7.2
- CVSS
- 7.2CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:LAttack complexity- Low
PR:HPrivileges required- High
UI:NUser interaction- None
S:UScope- Unchanged
C:HConfidentiality- High
I:HIntegrity- High
A:HAvailability- High
- Weakness
- CWE-434 Arbitrary File Upload
- Required access
- Unknown
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
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Am I affected?
AWP Classifieds another-wordpress-classifieds-plugin
- Affected< 2.0
- Patched in2.0
Update to 2.0 or newer.
You are affected if you run < 2.0. Version 2.0 and later are not affected by this issue.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under AWP Classifieds.
- No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
What to do
- Update to version 2.0, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch AWP Classifieds to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence.
The WordPress Classifieds Plugin – Ad Directory & Listings by AWP Classifieds plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads due to missing file type validation in the admin_handleimagesupload function in versions up to, and including, 1.8.9.4. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level permissions and above, to upload arbitrary files on the affected sites server which may make remote code execution possible.
Exploits & references
Proof-of-concept & detection
No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.
Advisories & patches
- Advisorywordfence.com
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- Medium5.3Missing Authorization
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|---|---|---|---|
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Timeline
CVE published
Severity high, CVSS 7.2
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
Wordfence record- Vulnerability data
- Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
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