CVEvulnerability

CVE-2026-16985

8.8 HIGH Published 2026-08-10 Modified 2026-08-26 Official page ↗
Status
Deferred
Published
2026-08-10
Last modified
2026-08-26
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
8.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-434

Description

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.

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

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

References