{"id":"CVE-2012-10019","aliases":["EUVD-2012-6565","GHSA-587g-h9jh-grjq"],"status":"published","title":"Front-end Editor \u003c 2.3 - Arbitrary File Upload","description":"The Front End Editor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads due to missing file type validation via the upload.php file in versions before 2.3. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to upload arbitrary files on the affected sites server which may make remote code execution possible.","severity":{"version":"3.1","score":9.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"critical","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-10","score":0.03847,"percentile":0.90226,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":true,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-434"],"published":"2025-07-19T09:23:52Z","modified":"2026-06-16T23:38:40Z","exploits":[{"source":"metasploit","id":"exploit/unix/webapp/wp_frontend_editor_file_upload","title":"Wordpress Front-end Editor File Upload","type":"exploit","platform":"PHP","date":"2012-07-04","verified":true,"url":"https://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/exploit/unix/webapp/wp_frontend_editor_file_upload"}],"products":[{"vendor":"scribu","product":"front-end editor"},{"vendor":"scribu","product":"front-end_editor"}],"references":[{"url":"https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/f271c2e7-9d58-4dea-95d3-3ffc4ec7c3b2?source=cve","tags":["Third Party Advisory"]},{"url":"https://web.archive.org/web/20120712205339/https%3A//www.opensyscom.fr/Actualites/wordpress-plugins-front-end-editor-arbitrary-file-upload-vulnerability.html","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"]},{"url":"https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/132303/","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"]},{"url":"https://www.cybersecurity-help.cz/vdb/SB2012070701","tags":["Third Party Advisory"]},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=\u0026sfph_mail=\u0026reponame=\u0026new=600233%40front-end-editor\u0026old=569105%40front-end-editor\u0026sfp_email=\u0026sfph_mail=","tags":["Product"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-10019"},{"url":"https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/132303"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-587g-h9jh-grjq"}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2012-10019","title":"Front-end Editor \u003c 2.3 - Arbitrary File Upload","description":"The Front End Editor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads due to missing file type validation via the upload.php file in versions before 2.3. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to upload arbitrary files on the affected sites server which may make remote code execution possible.","status":"published","published":"2025-07-19T09:23:52.758Z","modified":"2026-04-08T17:32:38.137Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":9.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"critical","assessor":"cna"}],"cwes":["CWE-434"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:34:49.937255Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2012-6565","description":"The Front End Editor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads due to missing file type validation via the upload.php file in versions before 2.3. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to upload arbitrary files on the affected sites server which may make remote code execution possible.","status":"published","published":"2025-07-19T09:23:52Z","modified":"2026-04-08T17:32:38Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":9.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"critical"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T19:24:33.901341Z"}],"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-587g-h9jh-grjq","title":"The Front End Editor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads due to missing...","description":"The Front End Editor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads due to missing file type validation via the upload.php file in versions before 2.3. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to upload arbitrary files on the affected sites server which may make remote code execution possible.","status":"published","published":"2025-07-19T12:30:33Z","modified":"2025-07-19T12:30:33Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":9.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"critical"}],"cwes":["CWE-434"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:03:03.949606Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2012-10019","description":"The Front End Editor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads due to missing file type validation via the upload.php file in versions before 2.3. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to upload arbitrary files on the affected sites server which may make remote code execution possible.","status":"published","published":"2025-07-19T10:15:22.123Z","modified":"2026-06-16T23:38:40.95Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":9.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"critical","assessor":"secondary"}],"cwes":["CWE-434"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:02:18.043773Z"}]}}