Description
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.
Published: 2026-11-13
Score: 9.8 Critical
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
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History

Fri, 13 Nov 2026 19:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-434
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 9.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


Fri, 13 Nov 2026 06:15:00 +0000

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Description 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.
Title Advance Guest Post <= 1.9 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Upload via featured_action
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published:

Updated: 2026-11-13T18:46:58.222Z

Reserved: 2026-10-27T15:38:38.123Z

Link: CVE-2026-118064

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-11-13T06:16:52.897

Modified: 2026-11-13T19:18:36.110

Link: CVE-2026-118064

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Weaknesses
  • CWE-434

    Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type