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FKIE_CVE-2026-16985

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-08-10 07:16 - Updated: 2026-08-26 16:31

Severity

8.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Summary

The Squeeze WordPress plugin before 1.7.12 does not validate the file type or extension of the per-size image data written by one of its attachment-update actions, allowing users with the upload_files capability (Author and above) to write an executable PHP file into the uploads directory and achieve remote code execution.

References

	URL	Tags
	contact@wpscan.com	https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/045a15f3-5750-4c4e-977d-e1283e3c967d/

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version

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CVE-2026-16985 (GCVE-0-2026-16985)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-10 06:00 – Updated: 2026-08-11 20:40

Title

Squeeze < 1.7.12 - Author+ Arbitrary File Upload

Summary

Severity

8.8 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-08-11 20:39 UTC

CWE

CWE-434 Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type
CWE-434 - Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type

Assigner

WPScan mitre root

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/045a15f3-5750-4c…	exploitvdb-entrytechnical-description

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
Unknown	Squeeze	Affected: 0 , < 1.7.12 (semver)

Credits

Ezekiel Victor WPScan

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JSON

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Author	Source	Type	Date	Other

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Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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