What is the CVSS score of CVE-2024-49216?

CVE-2024-49216 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 10.0 (Critical). CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H. EPSS exploitation probability: 1.0%.

Which versions of Feed Comments Number are affected by CVE-2024-49216?

The Feed Comments Number WordPress plugin (versions through 0.2.1) contains a critical vulnerability enabling unauthenticated attackers to upload arbitrary files, including web shells, directly to…

How to fix or mitigate CVE-2024-49216?

Within 24 hours: Identify all WordPress instances running Feed Comments Number plugin versions 0.2.1 and earlier; immediately deactivate the plugin as emergency containment. Within 7 days: Monitor WordPress.org plugin repository and vendor advisories for security patches; if no update released within this period, begin systematic removal from production systems and audit web server logs for exploitation indicators. Within 30 days: Complete removal of the plugin from all WordPress installations; conduct forensic review of affected servers for web shells and unauthorized file artifacts; deploy alternative comment functionality from actively maintained WordPress plugins only.

Feed Comments Number CVE-2024-49216

CRITICAL

Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type (CWE-434)

2024-10-16 audit@patchstack.com

WordPress File Upload Wordpress Plugin

10.0

CVSS 3.1 · NVD

Severity by source

NVD PRIMARY

10.0 CRITICAL

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.

CVSS VectorNVD

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Lifecycle Timeline

CVSS changed

Apr 29, 2026 - 10:22 NVD

10.0 (CRITICAL)

CVE Published

Oct 16, 2024 - 14:15 nvd

N/A

DescriptionCVE.org

Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type vulnerability in jclay06 Feed Comments Number feed-comments-number allows Upload a Web Shell to a Web Server.This issue affects Feed Comments Number: from n/a through <= 0.2.1.

AnalysisAI

Unrestricted file upload in the Feed Comments Number WordPress plugin (jclay06, versions through 0.2.1) allows remote unauthenticated attackers to upload arbitrary files including web shells, leading to full server compromise. The maximum CVSS 10.0 score with scope-changed impact reflects complete confidentiality, integrity, and availability loss, though no public exploit identified at time of analysis and EPSS sits at 0.97% indicating modest near-term exploitation likelihood.

Technical ContextAI

The vulnerability is rooted in CWE-434 (Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type), a class of flaw where an application's file upload handler fails to validate the file extension, MIME type, or content before writing it to a web-accessible directory. In WordPress plugin ecosystems, this typically means an upload endpoint either lacks a server-side allow-list check or trusts client-supplied content-type headers. Feed Comments Number is a third-party WordPress plugin authored by jclay06 that augments feed comment count display; the affected branch covers all versions up to and including 0.2.1. Because the resulting file lands inside the WordPress uploads directory (executable by PHP), attackers can drop a .php web shell and request it directly via HTTP.

Affected ProductsAI

The vulnerability affects the WordPress plugin Feed Comments Number authored by jclay06, all versions from initial release through and including 0.2.1, with no lower bound specified ('from n/a'). No CPE string was provided in the source intelligence, and no vendor advisory URL was supplied beyond the Patchstack reporter attribution; defenders should consult patchstack.com/database for the canonical advisory and confirm CPE coverage via NVD before scanning.

RemediationAI

No vendor-released patch identified at time of analysis based on the supplied data - the description indicates the issue affects 'up to and including 0.2.1' without naming a fixed version. The strongest compensating control is to deactivate and remove the Feed Comments Number plugin from all WordPress installations until a fixed release is published; given the plugin's narrow function (displaying comment counts in feeds) removal carries minimal operational impact. Until removal is possible, restrict access to wp-admin and the plugin's upload endpoints via web-server-level authentication or IP allow-listing, deny PHP execution within wp-content/uploads via an .htaccess or nginx location rule (side effect: may break other plugins that legitimately stage PHP there), and deploy a WAF rule blocking multipart uploads with executable extensions to the plugin's handler URI. Monitor wp-content/uploads for newly-written .php, .phtml, or .phar files and alert on any.