CVEvulnerability
CVE-2026-13430
7.2 HIGH
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- Status
- Deferred
- Published
- 2026-07-10
- Last modified
- 2026-07-10
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.2 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-434
Description
The Post Export Import with Media plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Arbitrary File Upload in all versions up to, and including, 1.13.1 via the import_media_file_secure function. This is due to insufficient file extension validation caused by a trailing-dot filename bypass, where the extension allow-list check in ajax_import_media_start() uses pathinfo() on the raw ZIP entry name (e.g., 'shell.php.'), which returns an empty string for the extension, causing the allow-list guard to be skipped and the file to be extracted to a temporary location, after which import_media_file_secure() copies it into the WordPress uploads directory without re-validating the extension. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level access and above, to upload files that may be executable, which makes remote code execution possible.
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-434 Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type weakness
References
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/post-export-import-with-media/tags/1.13.1/includes/class-media-handler.php#L268 plugins.trac.wordpress.org
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/post-export-import-with-media/tags/1.13.1/includes/class-media-handler.php#L364 plugins.trac.wordpress.org
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/post-export-import-with-media/tags/1.13.1/includes/class-media-handler.php#L389 plugins.trac.wordpress.org
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/post-export-import-with-media/tags/1.13.1/includes/class-media-handler.php#L444 plugins.trac.wordpress.org
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/post-export-import-with-media/tags/1.13.1/includes/class-media-handler.php#L789 plugins.trac.wordpress.org
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&old=3600506%40post-export-import-with-media&new=3600506%40post-export-import-with-media plugins.trac.wordpress.org
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/42f94f80-6157-4778-ad69-184943134fd2?source=cve www.wordfence.com