CVE-2026-6271
critical · 9.8The Career Section plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Arbitrary File Upload in all versions up to, and including, 1.7 via the CV upload handler. This is due to missing file type validation. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to upload files that may be executable, which makes remote code execution possible.
9.8
CVSS
0.7%
EPSS (exploit prob.)
50th
EPSS percentile
2026-05-14
Published
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-434
References
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3507785/career-section
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3507912/career-section
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3507917/career-section
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/005d1abc-761d-4f9a-bc21-aad63e8efd66?source=cve
Query this programmatically:
curl https://evil-db.io/api/v1/cve/CVE-2026-6271