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1 vulnerability by scribu

CVE-2012-10019 (GCVE-0-2012-10019)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-07-19 09:23 – Updated: 2026-04-08 17:32
VLAI?
Title
Front-end Editor < 2.3 - Arbitrary File Upload
Summary
The Front End Editor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads due to missing file type validation via the upload.php file in versions before 2.3. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to upload arbitrary files on the affected sites server which may make remote code execution possible.
Severity ?
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-434 - Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
scribu Front-end Editor Affected: 0 , < 2.3 (semver)
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Credits
Sammy Forgit
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