Jetpack < 12.1.1 - Author+ Arbitrary File Manipulation via API

Description

The Jetpack WordPress plugin before 12.1.1 does not validate uploaded files, allowing users with author roles or above to manipulate existing files on the site, deleting arbitrary files, and in rare cases achieve Remote Code Execution via phar deserialization.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

4.8% · top 8.0% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: poc · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.8.

Weakness

• CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

Affected products

• Unknown · Jetpack

  • affected 1.9 – < 2.0.9
  • affected 2.1 – < 2.1.7
  • affected 2.2 – < 2.2.10
  • affected 2.3 – < 2.3.10
  • affected 2.4 – < 2.4.7
  • affected 2.5 – < 2.5.5
  • affected 2.6 – < 2.6.6
  • affected 2.7 – < 2.7.5
  • affected 2.8 – < 2.8.5
  • affected 2.9 – < 2.9.6
  • affected 3.0 – < 3.0.6
  • affected 3.1 – < 3.1.5
  • affected 3.2 – < 3.2.5
  • affected 3.3 – < 3.3.6
  • affected 3.4 – < 3.4.6
  • affected 3.5 – < 3.5.6
  • affected 3.6 – < 3.6.4
  • affected 3.7 – < 3.7.5
  • affected 3.8 – < 3.8.5
  • affected 3.9 – < 3.9.9
  • affected 4.0 – < 4.0.6
  • affected 4.1 – < 4.1.3
  • affected 4.2 – < 4.2.4
  • affected 4.3 – < 4.3.4
  • affected 4.4 – < 4.4.4
  • affected 4.5 – < 4.5.2
  • affected 4.6 – < 4.6.2
  • affected 4.7 – < 4.7.3
  • affected 4.8 – < 4.8.4
  • affected 4.9 – < 4.9.2
  • affected 5.0 – < 5.0.2
  • affected 5.1 – < 5.1.3
  • affected 5.2 – < 5.2.4
  • affected 5.3 – < 5.3.3
  • affected 5.4 – < 5.4.3
  • affected 5.5 – < 5.5.4
  • affected 5.6 – < 5.6.4
  • affected 5.7 – < 5.7.4
  • affected 5.8 – < 5.8.3
  • affected 5.9 – < 5.9.3
  • and 62 more

References (2)

• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/52d221bd-ae42-435d-a90a-60a5ae530663 (opens in a new tab)exploitvdb-entrytechnical-descriptionx_transferred
• https://jetpack.com/blog/jetpack-12-1-1-critical-security-update/ (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

Badge for a README or a ticket

[![CVE-2023-2996](https://trackcve.app/badge/CVE-2023-2996.svg)](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2023-2996)

Record last updated 5 Dec 2024, 16:48 UTC.