Vulnerability · Published May 14, 2026 · Assigned by Wordfence

CVE-2026-6271Career Section <= 1.7 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Upload

Critical 9.8

In plain English

A critical-severity unrestricted file upload in Career Section from shahinurislam. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.7% (higher than 52% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: public proof-of-concept code.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)9.8Critical

Exploit odds (30 days)0.7%top 48.0% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack tooling1Public PoC

Official 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.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
shahinurislam	Career Section	0 – through 1.7

Weakness: CWE-434 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Affected products (as reported)

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