CVE-2021-24212

WooCommerce Help Scout < 2.9.1 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Upload leading to RCE

Basic Information

CVE State: PUBLISHED
Reserved Date: January 14, 2021
Published Date: April 05, 2021
Last Updated: August 03, 2024
Vendor: Unknown
Product: WooCommerce Help Scout
Description: The WooCommerce Help Scout WordPress plugin before 2.9.1 (https://woocommerce.com/products/woocommerce-help-scout/) allows unauthenticated users to upload any files to the site which by default will end up in wp-content/uploads/hstmp.
Tags

CVSS Scores

CVSS v3.1

9.8 - CRITICAL

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0

7.5

Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploit Status

Exploited in the Wild: Yes (2025-11-30 00:00:00 UTC) Source

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/cf9305e8-f5bc-45c3-82db-0ef00fd46129 http://dzv365zjfbd8v.cloudfront.net/changelogs/woocommerce-help-scout/changelog.txt

Known Exploited Vulnerability Information

Source	Added Date
The Shadowserver (via CIRCL)	2025-11-30 00:00:00 UTC

Scanner Integrations

Scanner	URL	Date Detected
Nuclei	https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2021/CVE-2021-24212.yaml	2026-06-01 15:34:30 UTC

Timeline

CVE ID Reserved

January 14, 2021
CVE Published to Public

April 05, 2021
Added to KEVIntel

November 30, 2025
Detected by Nuclei

June 01, 2026