Front-end Editor < 2.3 - Arbitrary File Upload

Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type
CVE CVE-2012-10019
CVSS Critical (9.8)
Publicly Published April 7, 2012
Last Updated July 19, 2025
Researcher Sammy Forgit
Description

The Front End Editor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads due to missing file type validation via the upload.php file in versions before 2.3. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to upload arbitrary files on the affected sites server which may make remote code execution possible.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug front-end-editor (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 2.3
Patched Version
  • 2.3
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