Unrestricted file upload in WordPress Zombify plugin
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
PX-lab's Zombify plugin for WordPress is affected through version 1.7.7. A missing restriction on dangerous file types (CWE-434) lets uploaded files reach the server without being checked. An unauthenticated remote attacker can upload a web shell to the web server.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-29
Description from the CNA
Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type vulnerability in PX-lab Zombify zombify allows Upload a Web Shell to a Web Server.This issue affects Zombify: from n/a through 1.7.7.
Why it matters now
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
The sources list no fixed version for Zombify.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-29
Timeline
- 2026-10-09 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-94503
- 2026-10-09 Alias added: GHSA-wp92-94wv-wf8f
- 2026-10-10 CISA SSVC decision points changed
References
More PX-lab vulnerabilities
- TI-2024-11917 BoomBox Theme Extensions <= 1.8.0 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Local File Inclusion via Shortcode CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2024-11405 Weak password recovery in PX-lab BoomBox Theme Extensions CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2025-07676 Zombify <= 1.7.5 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Path Traversal to Arbitrary File Read CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.8
Sources
- CVE-2026-94503 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-94503 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-wp92-94wv-wf8f · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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