Vulnerability Report

CVE-2026-6271

RCE

Title: Arbitrary File Upload leading to RCE in Career Section plugin

RCE

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2026-6271

CWE Category CWE-434

Published Date May 14, 2026

Modified Date May 14, 2026

Exploit Status Available

Score 9.8 CVSS v3.1

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

0.66%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2026-6271: 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.

Impacted Vendors

Analysis in Progress...

Reference Links

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

CVSS v3.1

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity CRITICAL

9.8

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Complexity

LOW

Privileges

N/A

Interaction

NONE

Confidentiality

N/A

Integrity

N/A

Availability

N/A

Scope

UNCHANGED

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

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2026-6271 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

GitHub https://github.com/xxconi/CVE-2026-6271

View Code

May 14, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

May 14, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector NETWORK

Complexity LOW

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


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

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.