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Vulnerability record/PUBLISHED/Published Nov 13, 2026 06:00:07 UTC

CVE-2026-118064

The Advance Guest Post WordPress plugin through 1.9 does not properly restrict or validate file uploads, authorizing an upload action with a nonce exposed to every front-end visitor and checking only a file's leading bytes, allowing unauthenticated users to upload arbitrary PHP files and execute code remotely. Successful exploitation additionally requires the target to run PHP 7.x; on PHP 8.0 and later the vulnerable code path raises a fatal error before the file is written.

Base score9.8/ 10
SeverityCriticalCVSS 3.1

Exploitability / impact

CVSS metric breakdown

Vector-derived attributes
Base severityCritical
Attack vectorNetworkAV
Attack complexityLowAC
Privileges requiredNonePR
User interactionNoneUI
ScopeUnchangedS
Confidentiality impactHighC
Integrity impactHighI
Availability impactHighA
CVSS vector stringCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Record context

CVE Numbering AuthorityWPScan
Last updatedNov 13, 2026 18:46:58 UTC
PublishedNov 13, 2026 06:00:07 UTC
ReservedOct 27, 2026 15:38:38 UTC

Credits

  • Muni Nitish Kumar Yaddala
  • WPScan