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WordPress Plugin: theme-editor: CVE-2023-6091: Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type

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Severity

CVSS

(AV:N/AC:L/Au:M/C:C/I:C/A:C)

Published

Nov 20, 2023

Added

May 15, 2025

Modified

Apr 30, 2026

Description

The Theme Editor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads in all versions up to, and including, 2.7.1. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with administrator privileges or higher to upload arbitrary files on the affected site's server which may make remote code execution possible.

Solution

theme-editor-plugin-cve-2023-6091

References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-6091
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a6ede290-a6c4-4c13-872b-60c9601d39db?source=api-prod
https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2023-58347
CVE-2023-6091
https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2023-6091
CWE-434
EUVD-EUVD-2023-58347

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