CVEvulnerability

CVE-2025-9762

9.8 CRITICAL Published 2025-09-30 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗

Status: Deferred
Published: 2025-09-30
Last modified: 2026-06-17
Assigner: [email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected]): 9.8 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses: CWE-78

Description

The Post By Email plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads due to missing file type validation in the save_attachments function in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.4b. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to upload arbitrary files on the affected site's server which may make remote code execution possible.

Weakness · CWE (1)

CWE-78 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command weakness

References

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/post-by-email/tags/1.0.4b/class-post-by-email.php#L702 plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/885eb923-8e69-416b-8494-a42a9465cfe0?source=cve www.wordfence.com

CVE-2025-9762

Description

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Weakness · CWE (1)

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