TI-2012-05442 Aliases CVE-2012-10019 GHSA-587g-h9jh-grjq

Front-end Editor < 2.3 - Arbitrary File Upload

MEDIUM 55CWE-434Published 2025-07-19 · Updated 2026-04-08

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: High · High · High
Fix status: Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-434.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.03847 90th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Public exploit Yes 2 exploit referencesTagged by NVD

Fix Fixed Front-end Editor (scribu): 2.3

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation: None
Automatable: Yes
Technical impact: Total

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
scribu	Front-end Editor	before 2.3	2.3	Patch available	CNA

Front-end Editor Vendorscribu Affected before 2.3 Fixed in 2.3 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:scribu:front-end_editor::::::wordpress::*	before 2.3	Vulnerable	scribu

cpe:2.3:a:scribu:front-end_editor:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* Versions before 2.3 Vulnerable ·scribu

Remediation

Fix · CNA Front-end Editor (scribu) Fixed in 2.3

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2012-10019
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-587g-h9jh-grjq
2026-10-20 EPSS moved to the 90th–95th percentile

References

Exploit 2

Advisory 2

Other 1

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=

Sources

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