CVE-2026-6271

CRITICAL 9.8

Career Section <= 1.7 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Upload

CVSS Score

9.8

EPSS Score

0.0%

EPSS Percentile

0th

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.

CWE	CWE-434
Vendor	shahinurislam
Product	career section
Published	May 14, 2026

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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Scope

Confidentiality

Integrity

Availability

Affected Versions

shahinurislam / Career Section

0 ≤ 1.7

References

NVD ↗ CVE.org ↗ EPSS Data ↗

wordfence.com: https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/005d1abc-761d-4f9a-bc21-aad63e8efd66?source=cve plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3507917/career-section plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3507912/career-section plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3507785/career-section

Credits

Paolo Tresso