CVE-2021-24816

MEDIUM 4.3CVE-2021-24816 · Published 08/11/2021 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2021-24816 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 4.3) vulnerability affecting phoenix media rename (phoenix media rename project).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.68%, higher than 52.5% of all vulnerabilities.
Fix: update to 3.4.4 or later.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
phoenix media rename phoenix_media_rename_project	`< 3.4.4`	`3.4.4`

Description

The Phoenix Media Rename WordPress plugin before 3.4.4 does not have capability checks in its phoenix_media_rename AJAX action, which could allow users with Author roles to rename any uploaded media files, including ones they do not own.

References

wpscan.com/vulnerability/5f63d677-20f3-4fe0-bb90-048b6898e6cd · Exploit

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