CVE-2021-24154

MEDIUM 4.9CVE-2021-24154 · Published 05/04/2021 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2021-24154 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 4.9) vulnerability affecting theme editor (themeeditor).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.1%, higher than 64.9% of all vulnerabilities.
Fix: update to 2.6 or later.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
theme editor themeeditor	`< 2.6`	`2.6`

Description

The Theme Editor WordPress plugin before 2.6 did not validate the GET file parameter before passing it to the download_file() function, allowing administrators to download arbitrary files on the web server, such as /etc/passwd

References

wpscan.com/vulnerability/566c6836-fc3d-4dd9-b351-c3d9da9ec22e · Third Party Advisory

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