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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: 2025-07-21 16:25
VLAI?
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)
CWE
- CWE-434 - Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type
Assigner
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| scribu | Front-end Editor |
Affected:
* , < 2.3
(semver)
|
Credits
Sammy Forgit
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