CVE-2026-6271 | The Career Section plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Arb… | CVSS 9.8 CRITICAL

Description

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.

Metadata

CVE ID: CVE-2026-6271
State: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Wordfence
Reserved: 2026-04-14 11:40 UTC
Published: 2026-05-14 06:44 UTC
Last updated: 2026-05-14 10:45 UTC
Primary CWE: CWE-434
CWE-434 Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type
Vendor / Product: shahinurislam / Career Section
Sources: cve.org · NVD

Severity & Metrics

9.8 CRITICAL CVSS 3.1

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Exploitation: none
Automatable: yes
Tech. Impact: total

Affected products (1)

Vendor	Product	Platform	Versions
shahinurislam	Career Section	—	0 ≤ 1.7

Weakness (CWE)

CWE	Source	Description
CWE-434	cna	CWE-434 Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type

CVSS scores (1)

Score	Severity	Version	Source	Vector
9.8	CRITICAL	3.1	cna	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References (4)