Career Section <= 1.7 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Upload
Priority MEDIUM 50CWE-434Published · Updated
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
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-434.
Summary
The Career Section plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Arbitrary File Upload in all versions up to, and including, 1.7 via the CV upload handler. This is due to missing file type validation. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to upload files that may be executable, which makes remote code execution possible.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00665 52nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| shahinurislam | Career Section | up to 1.7 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- Career Section Vendorshahinurislam Affected up to 1.7 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-6271
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-7fx9-263h-9gmp
References
Other 4
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/005d1abc-761d-4f9a-bc21-aad63e8efd66?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3507917/career-section
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3507912/career-section
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3507785/career-section
More shahinurislam vulnerabilities
- TI-2025-13561 Career Section <= 1.6 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Arbitrary File Deletion CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2026-01017 Meta-box GalleryMeta <= 3.0.1 - Authenticated (Editor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Image Caption CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.4
- TI-2026-00479 Meta-box GalleryMeta <= 3.0.1 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Author+) Gallery Management CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.3
Sources
- CVE-2026-6271 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-6271 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-7fx9-263h-9gmp · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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