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Vulnerability · CVE-2024-8673

The Z-Downloads WordPress plugin before 1.11.7 does not properly validate uploaded files allowing for the uploading of SVGs containing malicious JavaScript.

Published May 15, 2025 · catalog updated May 20, 2025 · Unknown Z-Downloads

Check if you run it

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2024-8673. EPSS is 1.81%. Act only if a listed version of Unknown Z-Downloads is installed.

Gaps on this record

  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
Severity
Critical9.1
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
1.81%
Remediation
Version ranges on file
Affected products
vendor Unknown Z-Downloads 0 <1.11.7

The Z-Downloads WordPress plugin before 1.11.7 does not properly validate uploaded files allowing for the uploading of SVGs containing malicious JavaScript.

Are you affected?

Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.

The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.

  • vendor Unknown Z-Downloads 0 <1.11.70 <1.11.7

How to fix CVE-2024-8673

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2024-8673. EPSS is 1.81%. Act only if a listed version of Unknown Z-Downloads is installed.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with Unknown Z-Downloads 0 <1.11.7 0 <1.11.7. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 1.81%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Technology hubs

WordPress security

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. May 15, 2025 · EUVD

    Detected

    The Z-Downloads WordPress plugin before 1.11.7 does not properly validate uploaded files allowing for the uploading of SVGs containing malicious JavaScript.

  2. May 20, 2025 · EUVD

    Updated

    The Z-Downloads WordPress plugin before 1.11.7 does not properly validate uploaded files allowing for the uploading of SVGs containing malicious JavaScript.

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2024-8673

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-15229

    The Z-Downloads WordPress plugin before 1.11.7 does not properly validate uploaded files allowing for the uploading of SVGs containing malicious JavaScript.

    euvd.enisa.europa.eu

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 17, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.