CVE-2026-13430

high

Description

The Post Export Import with Media plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Arbitrary File Upload in all versions up to, and including, 1.13.1 via the import_media_file_secure function. This is due to insufficient file extension validation caused by a trailing-dot filename bypass, where the extension allow-list check in ajax_import_media_start() uses pathinfo() on the raw ZIP entry name (e.g., 'shell.php.'), which returns an empty string for the extension, causing the allow-list guard to be skipped and the file to be extracted to a temporary location, after which import_media_file_secure() copies it into the WordPress uploads directory without re-validating the extension. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level access and above, to upload files that may be executable, which makes remote code execution possible.

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/42f94f80-6157-4778-ad69-184943134fd2?source=cve

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&old=3600506%40post-export-import-with-media&new=3600506%40post-export-import-with-media

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/post-export-import-with-media/tags/1.13.1/includes/class-media-handler.php#L789

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/post-export-import-with-media/tags/1.13.1/includes/class-media-handler.php#L444

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/post-export-import-with-media/tags/1.13.1/includes/class-media-handler.php#L389

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/post-export-import-with-media/tags/1.13.1/includes/class-media-handler.php#L364

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/post-export-import-with-media/tags/1.13.1/includes/class-media-handler.php#L268

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-07-10

Updated: 2026-07-10

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 8.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:M/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.2

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

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00615