CVE-2026-16985Squeeze < 1.7.12 - Author+ Arbitrary File Upload
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The Squeeze WordPress plugin before 1.7.12 does not validate the file type or extension of the per-size image data written by one of its attachment-update actions, allowing users with the upload_files capability (Author and above) to write an executable PHP file into the uploads directory and achieve remote code execution.
- CVSS
- 8.8 HIGH (v3.1, CISA ADP)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-434
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- WPScan
- NVD analysis
- Deferred
- Record last updated
- Aug 11, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
Unknown Squeeze unknown:squeeze (from the name) | before 1.7.12 | CNA record |
References
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/045a15f3-5750-4c4e-977d-e1283e3c967d/exploit, vdb-entry, technical-description
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