CVE-2025-9762

Published: Sep 30, 2025Modified: Oct 2, 2025

9.8

Vector

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

Exploitability: 3.9 / Impact: 5.9

Source: security@wordfence.com (Secondary)

Description

The Post By Email plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads due to missing file type validation in the save_attachments function in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.4b. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to upload arbitrary files on the affected site's server which may make remote code execution possible.

Related CWEs

CWE-78

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')

The product constructs all or part of an OS command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended OS command when it is sent to a downstream component.

References (2)

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/post-by-email/tags/1.0.4b/class-post-by-email.php#L702

Source: security@wordfence.com

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/885eb923-8e69-416b-8494-a42a9465cfe0?source=cve

Source: security@wordfence.com

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