CVE-2012-10019

Front-end Editor < 2.3 - Arbitrary File Upload

criticalUnrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type

9.8

CVSS Score

9.8

CVSS Score

critical

Severity

2.3

Patched in

4851d

Time to patch

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.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

High

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

Technical Details

Affected versions<2.3

PublishedApril 7, 2012

Last updatedJuly 19, 2025

Affected pluginfront-end-editor

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/f271c2e7-9d58-4dea-95d3-3ffc4ec7c3b2?source=api-prod

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