Pluck CMS - Unrestricted File Upload via Missing .php8 Extension in Upload Blacklist
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- High
- 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
Pluck CMS through 4.7.21 restricts dangerous file uploads in its admin file-management feature using a fixed blacklist in data/inc/files.php ('.php','php3','php4','php5','php6','php7','phtml','.phtm','.pht','.ph3','.ph4','.ph5','.asp','.cgi','.phar'), checked against the last 4-5 characters of the filename.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- 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-2026-54416
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-fvwx-9qcr-crph
References
Advisory 1
More pluck-cms vulnerabilities
- TI-2020-13919 File Upload vulnerability in PluckCMS v.4.7.10 dev versions allows a remote attacker to… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2023-11910 An issue discovered in /admin.php in Pluck CMS 4.7.15 through 4.7.16-dev5 allows remote… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.2
- TI-2020-13954 File Upload vulnerability in PluckCMS v.4.7.10 allows a remote attacker to execute… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.2
- TI-2020-13945 File upload vulnerability in Pluck CMS v.4.7.10-dev2 allows a remote attacker to execute… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.2
- TI-2020-13944 An issue discovered in Pluck CMS v.4.7.10-dev2 allows a remote attacker to execute… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.2
- TI-2023-27623 An arbitrary file upload vulnerability in the component /inc/modules_install.php of… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
Sources
- CVE-2026-54416 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-54416 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-fvwx-9qcr-crph · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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