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CVE-2020-24186

Exploitation reported by one source. First attested on 2020-07-28 by GCVE · kevintel.

  • Published2020-08-24
  • WeaknessCWE-434

Am I affected?

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Description

A Remote Code Execution vulnerability exists in the gVectors wpDiscuz plugin 7.0 through 7.0.4 for WordPress, which allows unauthenticated users to upload any type of file, including PHP files via the wmuUploadFiles AJAX action.

Timeline

dates in UTC
  1. 2020-07-2814:15Listed as exploited by GCVEGCVE
  2. 2020-07-2814:15Exploitation first reportedGCVE
  3. 2020-08-2414:15CVE publishedNVD
  4. 2021-06-07Exploit-DB entryExploit-DB

Observed activity

isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-11-03 21:37 UTC
Indicators tagged with this CVE, per day0 indicators over 7 days
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  • CSV export: https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2020-24186?format=csv
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Versions per branch

NVD
Gvectors wpdiscuz
BranchAffectedFixed in
7.0≥ 7.0, ≤ 7.0.4no fix published

as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.

Fix

No fix published by the sources we read yet. NVD record

Detection

read 2026-11-02 22:42 UTC
Nuclei template
available
ProjectDiscovery
Exploit-DB
EDB-49962EDB-49967
Exploit-DB
Proof-of-concept repositories
7 repositories, unverifiedhev0x/CVE-2020-24186-wpDiscuz-7.0.4-RCEmeicookies/CVE-2020-24186Sakura-501/CVE-2020-24186-exploitsubsting/CVE-2020-24186_reverse_shell_uploadGazettEl/CVE-2020-24186
PoC-in-GitHub
Metasploit modules
1 moduleexploit/unix/webapp/wp_wpdiscuz_unauthenticated_file_uploadrank: excellentModule metadata: Metasploit Framework, © Rapid7, Inc., BSD-3-Clause.
Metasploit Framework

Sources

Identifiers

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Published
2020-08-24
Last Modified
2026-06-17
NVD status
Modified

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-24186?

A Remote Code Execution vulnerability exists in the gVectors wpDiscuz plugin 7.0 through 7.0.4 for WordPress, which allows unauthenticated users to upload any type of file, including PHP files via the wmuUploadFiles AJAX action.

Is CVE-2020-24186 actively exploited?

Active exploitation of CVE-2020-24186 has not been confirmed. Its EPSS score was 94.6% on 2026-11-03, the estimated probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2020-24186?

CVE-2020-24186 has a CVSS v3 base score of 10 (CRITICAL severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H.

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