01 Record
CVE-2024-8856
Backup and Staging by WP Time Capsule <= 1.22.21 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Upload
CriticalPUBLISHEDCNA: Wordfence
CNA base score9.8 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
02 Description
Backup and Staging by WP Time Capsule <= 1.22.21 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Upload
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.
- SSVC decision
- ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
- AutomatableyesAn attacker can reliably automate reconnaissance through exploitation, so this scales.
- Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 94.13% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 99.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 9.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2024-11-16 04:29Z1 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2026-04-08 17:35Z6 MO AGO
- Reserved
- 2024-09-13
- Assigning CNA
- Wordfence
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Critical (CVSS 9.8)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-434Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous TypeBase
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- fde25878c82d46da006be94c4051fea8336dc1ff4741755299d25da753fa09dd
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.wordfence.comhttps://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/fdc2de78-5601-461f-b2f0-c80b592ccb1b?source=cve
- plugins.trac.wordpress.orghttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-time-capsule/trunk/wp-tcapsule-bridge/upload/php/UploadHandler.php
- plugins.trac.wordpress.orghttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3188325/
- plugins.trac.wordpress.orghttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3153289%40wp-time-capsule&new=3153289%40wp-time-capsule&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
- hacked.behttps://hacked.be/posts/CVE-2024-8856