Post By Email <= 1.0.4b - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Upload via Email Attachments

2025-09-29 15:30
Jonas Benjamin Friedli

Strategic Overview

Status
Unpatched
Affected PluginPost By Email
Affected Version<= 1.0.4b
CVSS9.8Critical
CVECVE-2025-9762
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Vulnerability Overview

The Post By Email plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads due to missing file type validation in the save_attachments function in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.4b. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to upload arbitrary files on the affected site's server which may make remote code execution possible.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: No known patch available. Please review the vulnerability's details in depth and employ mitigations based on your organization's risk tolerance. It may be best to uninstall the affected software and find a replacement. --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-78 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')) The product constructs all or part of an OS command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended OS command when it is sent to a downstream component.

External References

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