AceIDE <= 2.6.2 - Authenticated (admin+) Arbitrary File Access
Priority LOW 26CWE-22Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- High
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Information disclosure
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · None · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-22 and the CVSS impact.
Summary
The AceIDE WordPress plugin through 2.6.2 does not sanitise or validate the user input which is appended to system paths before using it in various actions, such as to read arbitrary files from the server. This allows high privilege users such as administrator to access any file on the web server outside of the blog directory via a path traversal attack.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.0157 75th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 2 exploit referencesTagged by NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | AceIDE | 2.6.2 – 2.6.2 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- AceIDE VendorUnknown Affected 2.6.2 – 2.6.2 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:aceide_project:aceide:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* | up to 2.6.2 | Vulnerable | Aceide Project |
- cpe:2.3:a:aceide_project:aceide:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* Versions up to 2.6.2 Vulnerable ·Aceide Project
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2021-24549
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-w5m3-5gh7-fq59
References
Sources
- CVE-2021-24549 · CVE Program
- CVE-2021-24549 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-w5m3-5gh7-fq59 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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