CVE-2024-50510
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedUnrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type vulnerability in webandprint AR For Woocommerce ar-for-woocommerce allows Upload a Web Shell to a Web Server.This issue affects AR For Woocommerce: from n/a through <= 6.3.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceThe ar-for-woocommerce plugin has an unrestricted file upload vulnerability allowing attackers to upload dangerous file types (including web shells) directly to the web server. This critical flaw enables remote code execution without authentication.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Changed
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Verify AR For Woocommerce plugin is installedIn WordPress admin, go to Plugins > Installed Plugins and look for 'AR For Woocommerce' or check the plugins directory (/wp-content/plugins/) for an 'ar-for-woocommerce' folderAffected if The plugin folder 'ar-for-woocommerce' exists in the plugins directory or the plugin appears in the WordPress plugins list
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Check the installed plugin versionIn WordPress admin, click on the plugin name in Plugins > Installed Plugins to view version details, or inspect the main plugin PHP file header for 'Version:' tagAffected if The installed version has not been patched by the vendor (compare against any official vendor release notes for this CVE)
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Identify file upload directoriesCheck /wp-content/uploads/ and any custom upload directories configured in the plugin settings for PHP, .php, .phtml, .phar, or other executable file extensionsAffected if Executable script files (.php, .phtml, etc.) exist in upload directories where they should not be present
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Review server configuration for upload directoriesCheck web server config (Apache .htaccess, Nginx config) for upload folders - verify that script execution is NOT permitted in upload directoriesAffected if Upload directories allow execution of uploaded scripts (no handler restrictions for PHP/cgi scripts)
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Audit access controls on upload functionalityReview WordPress user roles and plugin settings to determine if authenticated users (any role above Subscriber) can access file upload featuresAffected if Users with Subscriber-level or higher access can upload files without server-side validation
You are affected if the AR For Woocommerce plugin is installed and its file upload functionality is accessible to authenticated users without proper file type validation.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataImplement strict allowlist-based file type validation, store uploads outside the web root or with no execution permissions, and add proper MIME type verification beyond just file extensions.
- Consultation4.0 h
- Implementation8.0 h
- Testing4.0 h
- Review / QA3.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
Primary sourcesPractitioner notes
ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2024-50510 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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