CVE-2012-10019

Front-end Editor < 2.3 - Arbitrary File Upload

CVSS 9.8 CRITICALEPSS 2.3%CWE-434

Vexday Risk Score

63High priority

SSVC decision (CISA)

Attend

PoC available → attend closely

CVSS 9.8EPSS 2.3%KEV nãoPoC públicaNuclei —Metasploit simPatch —

Lifecycle

04 Jul 2012Metasploit module available

19 Jul 2025Published on NVD

Recommendation: Plan a near-term fix — a public PoC already exists.

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

Affected products

scribu · Front-end Editor

public PoCs found — 1

cve_referencepacketstormsecurity.com/files/132303/unverified

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References

https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/132303/https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=600233%40front-end-editor&old=569105%40front-end-editor&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=https://web.archive.org/web/20120712205339/https%3A//www.opensyscom.fr/Actualites/wordpress-plugins-front-end-editor-arbitrary-file-upload-vulnerability.html https://www.cybersecurity-help.cz/vdb/SB2012070701 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/f271c2e7-9d58-4dea-95d3-3ffc4ec7c3b2?source=cve