CVE-2024-8725 Vulnerability Analysis & Exploit Details

CVE-2024-8725
Vulnerability Scoring

5.4
/10
Significant Risk

Security assessments indicate that CVE-2024-8725 presents a notable risk, potentially requiring prompt mitigation.

Attack Complexity Details

  • Attack Complexity: Low
    Exploits can be performed without significant complexity or special conditions.
  • Attack Vector: Network
    Vulnerability is exploitable over a network without physical access.
  • Privileges Required: Low
    Some privileges are necessary to exploit the vulnerability.
  • Scope: Changed
    Successful exploitation can impact components beyond the vulnerable component.
  • User Interaction: Required
    User interaction is necessary for successful exploitation.

CVE-2024-8725 Details

Status: Analyzed

Last updated: 🕑 01 Oct 2024, 14:16 UTC
Originally published on: 🕚 26 Sep 2024, 11:15 UTC

Time between publication and last update: 5 days

CVSS Release: version 3

CVSS3 Source

nvd@nist.gov

CVSS3 Type

Primary

CVSS3 Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

CVE-2024-8725 Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2024-8725: Multiple plugins and/or themes for WordPress are vulnerable to Limited File Upload in various versions. This is due to a lack of proper checks to ensure lower-privileged roles cannot upload .css and .js files to arbitrary directories. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, and granted permissions by an administrator, to upload .css and .js files to any directory within the WordPress root directory, which could lead to Stored Cross-Site Scripting. The Advanced File Manager Shortcodes plugin must be installed to exploit this vulnerability.

Assessing the Risk of CVE-2024-8725

Access Complexity Graph

The exploitability of CVE-2024-8725 depends on two key factors: attack complexity (the level of effort required to execute an exploit) and privileges required (the access level an attacker needs).

Exploitability Analysis for CVE-2024-8725

CVE-2024-8725 presents an accessible attack vector with minimal effort required. Restricting access controls and implementing security updates are critical to reducing exploitation risks.

Understanding AC and PR

A lower complexity and fewer privilege requirements make exploitation easier. Security teams should evaluate these aspects to determine the urgency of mitigation strategies, such as patch management and access control policies.

Attack Complexity (AC) measures the difficulty in executing an exploit. A high AC means that specific conditions must be met, making an attack more challenging, while a low AC means the vulnerability can be exploited with minimal effort.

Privileges Required (PR) determine the level of system access necessary for an attack. Vulnerabilities requiring no privileges are more accessible to attackers, whereas high privilege requirements limit exploitation to authorized users with elevated access.

CVSS Score Breakdown Chart

Above is the CVSS Sub-score Breakdown for CVE-2024-8725, illustrating how Base, Impact, and Exploitability factors combine to form the overall severity rating. A higher sub-score typically indicates a more severe or easier-to-exploit vulnerability.

CIA Impact Analysis

Below is the Impact Analysis for CVE-2024-8725, showing how Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability might be affected if the vulnerability is exploited. Higher values usually signal greater potential damage.

  • Confidentiality: Low
    CVE-2024-8725 could lead to minor leaks of non-critical information without major privacy breaches.
  • Integrity: Low
    Exploiting CVE-2024-8725 may cause minor changes to data without severely impacting its accuracy.
  • Availability: None
    CVE-2024-8725 does not impact system availability.

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

The EPSS score estimates the probability that this vulnerability will be exploited in the near future.

EPSS Score: 0.053% (probability of exploit)

EPSS Percentile: 24.67% (lower percentile = lower relative risk)
This vulnerability is less risky than approximately 75.33% of others.

CVE-2024-8725 References

External References

CWE Common Weakness Enumeration

CWE-434

CAPEC Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification

  • Accessing Functionality Not Properly Constrained by ACLs CAPEC-1 In applications, particularly web applications, access to functionality is mitigated by an authorization framework. This framework maps Access Control Lists (ACLs) to elements of the application's functionality; particularly URL's for web apps. In the case that the administrator failed to specify an ACL for a particular element, an attacker may be able to access it with impunity. An attacker with the ability to access functionality not properly constrained by ACLs can obtain sensitive information and possibly compromise the entire application. Such an attacker can access resources that must be available only to users at a higher privilege level, can access management sections of the application, or can run queries for data that they otherwise not supposed to.

Vulnerable Configurations

  • cpe:2.3:a:advancedfilemanager:advanced_file_manager:-:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:advancedfilemanager:advanced_file_manager:-:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:advancedfilemanager:advanced_file_manager:1.1:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:advancedfilemanager:advanced_file_manager:1.1:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:advancedfilemanager:advanced_file_manager:1.2:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:advancedfilemanager:advanced_file_manager:1.2:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:advancedfilemanager:advanced_file_manager:1.3:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:advancedfilemanager:advanced_file_manager:1.3:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:advancedfilemanager:advanced_file_manager:1.3.1:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:advancedfilemanager:advanced_file_manager:1.3.1:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:advancedfilemanager:advanced_file_manager:1.3.2:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:advancedfilemanager:advanced_file_manager:1.3.2:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:advancedfilemanager:advanced_file_manager:1.3.3:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:advancedfilemanager:advanced_file_manager:1.3.3:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:advancedfilemanager:advanced_file_manager:1.4:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:advancedfilemanager:advanced_file_manager:1.4:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:advancedfilemanager:advanced_file_manager:1.4.1:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:advancedfilemanager:advanced_file_manager:1.4.1:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:advancedfilemanager:advanced_file_manager:1.4.2:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:advancedfilemanager:advanced_file_manager:1.4.2:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:advancedfilemanager:advanced_file_manager:1.4.3:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:advancedfilemanager:advanced_file_manager:1.4.3:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:advancedfilemanager:advanced_file_manager:1.4.4:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:advancedfilemanager:advanced_file_manager:1.4.4:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:advancedfilemanager:advanced_file_manager:1.4.5:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:advancedfilemanager:advanced_file_manager:1.4.5:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:advancedfilemanager:advanced_file_manager:1.4.6:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:advancedfilemanager:advanced_file_manager:1.4.6:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:advancedfilemanager:advanced_file_manager:1.5:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:advancedfilemanager:advanced_file_manager:1.5:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:advancedfilemanager:advanced_file_manager:1.6:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:advancedfilemanager:advanced_file_manager:1.6:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:advancedfilemanager:advanced_file_manager:1.7:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:advancedfilemanager:advanced_file_manager:1.7:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:advancedfilemanager:advanced_file_manager:1.8:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:advancedfilemanager:advanced_file_manager:1.8:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:advancedfilemanager:advanced_file_manager:1.9:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:advancedfilemanager:advanced_file_manager:1.9:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:advancedfilemanager:advanced_file_manager:2.0:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:advancedfilemanager:advanced_file_manager:2.0:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:advancedfilemanager:advanced_file_manager:2.1:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:advancedfilemanager:advanced_file_manager:2.1:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:advancedfilemanager:advanced_file_manager:2.2:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:advancedfilemanager:advanced_file_manager:2.2:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:advancedfilemanager:advanced_file_manager:2.3:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:advancedfilemanager:advanced_file_manager:2.3:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:advancedfilemanager:advanced_file_manager:2.4:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:advancedfilemanager:advanced_file_manager:2.4:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:advancedfilemanager:advanced_file_manager:2.5:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:advancedfilemanager:advanced_file_manager:2.5:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:advancedfilemanager:advanced_file_manager:2.6:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:advancedfilemanager:advanced_file_manager:2.6:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:advancedfilemanager:advanced_file_manager:2.7:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:advancedfilemanager:advanced_file_manager:2.7:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:advancedfilemanager:advanced_file_manager:2.8:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:advancedfilemanager:advanced_file_manager:2.8:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:advancedfilemanager:advanced_file_manager:2.9:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:advancedfilemanager:advanced_file_manager:2.9:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:advancedfilemanager:advanced_file_manager:3.0:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:advancedfilemanager:advanced_file_manager:3.0:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:advancedfilemanager:advanced_file_manager:3.1:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:advancedfilemanager:advanced_file_manager:3.1:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:advancedfilemanager:advanced_file_manager:3.2:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:advancedfilemanager:advanced_file_manager:3.2:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:advancedfilemanager:advanced_file_manager:3.3:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:advancedfilemanager:advanced_file_manager:3.3:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:advancedfilemanager:advanced_file_manager:3.4:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:advancedfilemanager:advanced_file_manager:3.4:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:advancedfilemanager:advanced_file_manager:3.5:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:advancedfilemanager:advanced_file_manager:3.5:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:advancedfilemanager:advanced_file_manager:3.6:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:advancedfilemanager:advanced_file_manager:3.6:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:advancedfilemanager:advanced_file_manager:3.7:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:advancedfilemanager:advanced_file_manager:3.7:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:advancedfilemanager:advanced_file_manager:3.8:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:advancedfilemanager:advanced_file_manager:3.8:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:advancedfilemanager:advanced_file_manager:3.9:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:advancedfilemanager:advanced_file_manager:3.9:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:advancedfilemanager:advanced_file_manager:4.0:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:advancedfilemanager:advanced_file_manager:4.0:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:advancedfilemanager:advanced_file_manager:4.1:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:advancedfilemanager:advanced_file_manager:4.1:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:advancedfilemanager:advanced_file_manager:4.1.1:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:advancedfilemanager:advanced_file_manager:4.1.1:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:advancedfilemanager:advanced_file_manager:4.1.2:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:advancedfilemanager:advanced_file_manager:4.1.2:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:advancedfilemanager:advanced_file_manager:4.1.3:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:advancedfilemanager:advanced_file_manager:4.1.3:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:advancedfilemanager:advanced_file_manager:4.1.4:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:advancedfilemanager:advanced_file_manager:4.1.4:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:advancedfilemanager:advanced_file_manager:4.1.5:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:advancedfilemanager:advanced_file_manager:4.1.5:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:advancedfilemanager:advanced_file_manager:4.1.6:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:advancedfilemanager:advanced_file_manager:4.1.6:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:advancedfilemanager:advanced_file_manager:5.0:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:advancedfilemanager:advanced_file_manager:5.0:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:advancedfilemanager:advanced_file_manager:5.0.1:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:advancedfilemanager:advanced_file_manager:5.0.1:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:advancedfilemanager:advanced_file_manager:5.0.2:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:advancedfilemanager:advanced_file_manager:5.0.2:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:advancedfilemanager:advanced_file_manager:5.0.3:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:advancedfilemanager:advanced_file_manager:5.0.3:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:advancedfilemanager:advanced_file_manager:5.0.4:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:advancedfilemanager:advanced_file_manager:5.0.4:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:advancedfilemanager:advanced_file_manager:5.0.5:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:advancedfilemanager:advanced_file_manager:5.0.5:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:advancedfilemanager:advanced_file_manager:5.1:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:advancedfilemanager:advanced_file_manager:5.1:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:advancedfilemanager:advanced_file_manager:5.1.1:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:advancedfilemanager:advanced_file_manager:5.1.1:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:advancedfilemanager:advanced_file_manager:5.1.2:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:advancedfilemanager:advanced_file_manager:5.1.2:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:advancedfilemanager:advanced_file_manager:5.2:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:advancedfilemanager:advanced_file_manager:5.2:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:advancedfilemanager:advanced_file_manager:5.2.1:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:advancedfilemanager:advanced_file_manager:5.2.1:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:advancedfilemanager:advanced_file_manager:5.2.2:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:advancedfilemanager:advanced_file_manager:5.2.2:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:advancedfilemanager:advanced_file_manager:5.2.3:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:advancedfilemanager:advanced_file_manager:5.2.3:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:advancedfilemanager:advanced_file_manager:5.2.4:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:advancedfilemanager:advanced_file_manager:5.2.4:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:advancedfilemanager:advanced_file_manager:5.2.5:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:advancedfilemanager:advanced_file_manager:5.2.5:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:advancedfilemanager:advanced_file_manager:5.2.6:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:advancedfilemanager:advanced_file_manager:5.2.6:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:advancedfilemanager:advanced_file_manager:5.2.7:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:advancedfilemanager:advanced_file_manager:5.2.7:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:advancedfilemanager:advanced_file_manager:5.2.8:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:advancedfilemanager:advanced_file_manager:5.2.8:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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