CVE-2026-12514

Shared Files Pro < 1.7.70 & Shared Files Free < 1.7.67 - Unauthenticated Limited File Upload

2026-08-26 00:00
hoangphuong

Strategic Overview

Status
Patched in 1.7.67
Affected Plugin
Shared Files – File Upload & Download Manager
Affected Version
< 1.7.67
CVSS
5.3Medium
Weakness type
CWE-434 · Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type
CVE
CVE-2026-12514
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At a glance

CVE-2026-12514 is a medium-severity Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type vulnerability in the Shared Files WordPress plugin, affecting versions < 1.7.67. It carries a CVSS score of 5.3 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity). Exploitation requires no authentication. The issue is fixed in version 1.7.67; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed August 2026, reported by hoangphuong.

Vulnerability Overview

The Shared Files (free and pro) – File Upload & Download Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access due to a missing capability check on a function in all versions up to 1.7.67 (exclusive - free) and 1.7.70 (exclusive - pro). This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to upload safe file types.

Technical Analysis

The vector marks this flaw as remotely reachable over the network, with low attack complexity — no special timing or configuration is needed, and no privileges on the target site, and no interaction from a victim user.

CWE-434: Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type

Reaching this weakness in Shared Files < 1.7.67 takes no account at all. An unrestricted file upload lets a caller store a file whose type or destination the application does not properly constrain.

If an uploaded file lands anywhere the server will execute, the flaw becomes remote code execution and the site should be treated as fully compromised. For Shared Files the fix is 1.7.67: builds < 1.7.67 are affected, anything from 1.7.67 onward is not.

Remediation

Update to version 1.7.67, or a newer patched version

How does WordSec protect against this?

Requests carrying this pattern arrive without a session, so nothing upstream of the firewall gets a chance to reject them: WordSec's web application firewall inspects request payloads before WordPress loads them. Classes like this one can leave something behind, so the staged malware scanner is the second half: it looks for dropped files and modified code rather than for the request that created them. None of that substitutes for the fix: Shared Files 1.7.67 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.

  • Firewall
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  • Login Security

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-12514https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/03288d4e-22cc-4995-a473-9eb0f90b91b2https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-12514

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