WordPress Post By Email Plugin <= 1.0.4b is vulnerable to a high priority Arbitrary File Upload

High priority Mitigate immediately
<= 1.0.4bVulnerable version(s)
No official fix availableFixed version

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Risks

CVSS 10

This vulnerability is highly dangerous and expected to become exploited.

10

Arbitrary File Upload

This could allow a malicious actor to upload any type of file to your website. This can include backdoors which are then executed to gain further access to your website.

CVSS score is a way to evaluate and rank reported vulnerabilities in a standardized and repeatable way but which is not ideal for WordPress.

Solutions

We advise to mitigate or resolve the vulnerability immediately.

Details

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Timeline

Early warning sent out to Patchstack customers

30 Sep, 2025

Published by Patchstack

30 Sep, 2025

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