CVE-2026-94278
File Media Renamer <= 1.3 - Author+ Arbitrary File Rename via save-attachment-compat
The File Media Renamer WordPress plugin through 1.3 does not verify that the requesting user is authorised to modify a given media attachment, allowing any user with file-upload privileges to rename attachments belonging to other users, including administrators, and to corrupt unrelated stored site data that referenced the old file path.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- Low
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
File Media Renamer <= 1.3 - Author+ Arbitrary File Rename via save-attachment-compat
The File Media Renamer WordPress plugin through 1.3 does not verify that the requesting user is authorised to modify a given media attachment, allowing any user with file-upload privileges to rename attachments belonging to other users, including administrators, and to corrupt unrelated stored site data that referenced the old file path.
- Record
CVE-2026-94278- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-284
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2026-92968
The File Media Renamer WordPress plugin through 1.3 does not verify that the requesting user is authorised to modify a given media attachment, allowing any user with file-upload privileges to rename attachments belonging to other users, including administrators, and to corrupt unrelated stored site data that referenced the old file path.
- Record
EUVD-2026-92968- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-rfmq-49f4-7xx9
The File Media Renamer WordPress plugin through 1.3 does not verify that the requesting user is...
The File Media Renamer WordPress plugin through 1.3 does not verify that the requesting user is authorised to modify a given media attachment, allowing any user with file-upload privileges to rename attachments belonging to other users, including administrators, and to corrupt unrelated stored site data that referenced the old file path.
- Record
GHSA-rfmq-49f4-7xx9- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-284
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
The File Media Renamer WordPress plugin through 1.3 does not verify that the requesting user is authorised to modify a given media attachment, allowing any user with file-upload privileges to rename attachments belonging to other users, including administrators, and to corrupt unrelated stored site data that referenced the old file path.
- Record
CVE-2026-94278- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-284
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2026-94278 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) in Unknown File Media Renamer, published October 6, 2026. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.21%, the 12th percentile. No source names a fixed version.