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CVE-2012-10026: WordPress Plugin Asset-Manager <= 2.0 PHP File Upload

• Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v4.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2025-08-05 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-434

Description

The WordPress plugin Asset-Manager version 2.0 and below contains an unauthenticated arbitrary file upload vulnerability in upload.php. The endpoint fails to properly validate and restrict uploaded file types, allowing remote attackers to upload malicious PHP scripts to a predictable temporary directory. Once uploaded, the attacker can execute the file via a direct HTTP GET request, resulting in remote code execution under the web server’s context.

Affected products

• jkriddle asset-manager: through 2.0

References

• http://web.archive.org/web/20150106144832/http://www.opensyscom.fr:80/Actualites/wordpress-plugins-asset-manager-shell-upload-vulnerability.html
• https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/master/modules/exploits/unix/webapp/wp_asset_manager_upload_exec.rb
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/asset-manager/
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18993
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/23652
• https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/wordpress-plugin-asset-manager-php-file-upload
• http://web.archive.org/web/20150106144832/http://www.opensyscom.fr:80/Actualites/wordpress-plugins-asset-manager-shell-upload-vulnerability.html
• https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/master/modules/exploits/unix/webapp/wp_asset_manager_upload_exec.rb
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18993
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/23652

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