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Critical · 9.8 Scanner template Public exploit CVE-2024-8856 EUVD-2024-49578GHSA-wph3-vq9m-q946

Backup and Staging by WP Time Capsule <= 1.22.21 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Upload

Published Nov 16, 2024 · Updated Apr 8, 2026 · Assigned by Wordfence

Vendor: revmakx Product: Backup and Staging by WP Time Capsule Category: Web / CMS

Description

The Backup and Staging by WP Time Capsule plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads due to missing file type validation in the the UploadHandler.php file and no direct file access prevention in all versions up to, and including, 1.22.21. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to upload arbitrary files on the affected site's server which may make remote code execution possible.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
revmakx Backup and Staging by WP Time Capsule ≤ 1.22.21 —

Public exploits

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Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.

Metasploit 1 module

GitHub 3 repositories

  • Jenderal92/CVE-2024-8856 ★ 2 · Nov 21, 2024

    This tool scans WordPress websites for vulnerabilities in the WP Time Capsule plugin related to CVE-2024-8856. It identifies plugin versions below 1.22.22 as vulnerable and logs results to vuln.txt. …

  • ubaydev/CVE-2024-8856 ★ 2 · Nov 16, 2024

    WordPress WP Time Capsule Plugin Arbitrary File Upload Vulnerability

  • Evillm/CVE-2024-8856-PoC ★ 0 · Feb 4, 2026

Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.

Automated scanner template

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Source: projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates (MIT) — updated daily. Only links are listed.

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