PT-2026-40890 · Shahinurislam · Career Section

Paolo Tresso · Published 2026-05-14 · Updated 2026-05-14 · CVE-2026-6271

Mitre

CVSS v3.1

9.8

Critical

Base vector

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

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.

Fix

Unrestricted File Upload

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-434

Related Identifiers

CVE-2026-6271

Affected Products

Career Section

References · 5

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-6271 · Security Note
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/005d1abc-761d-4f9a-bc21-aad63e8efd66?source=cve · Note
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3507917/career-section · Note
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3507912/career-section · Note
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3507785/career-section · Note