WordPress GeekyBot plugin <= 1.2.2 - Arbitrary File Upload vulnerability
Priority MEDIUM 49CWE-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
Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Upload in GeekyBot <= 1.2.2 versions.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00359 29th 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
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-40772
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-jcp9-7cp3-7w4x
References
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- TI-2026-40448 WordPress JS Help Desk plugin <= 3.1.1 - Arbitrary File Deletion vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.7
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Sources
- CVE-2026-40772 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-40772 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-jcp9-7cp3-7w4x · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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