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THREAT OPSThreat News › [NVD] CVE-2026-84171 (CRITICAL 9.8) — The WP images upload on piclect WordPress plugin through 1.0 does not validate the name or type of uploaded files before writing them to a publicly accessible directory, allowing unauthenticated attackers to upload arbitrary files and execute arbitrary code on the server.

[NVD] CVE-2026-84171 (CRITICAL 9.8) — The WP images upload on piclect WordPress plugin through 1.0 does not validate the name or type of uploaded files before writing them to a publicly accessible directory, allowing unauthenticated attackers to upload arbitrary files and execute arbitrary code on the server.

mednvdPublished 2026-09-12

CVE-2026-84171 CVSS: 9.8 CRITICAL Published: 2026-09-12T06:16:27.137

The WP images upload on piclect WordPress plugin through 1.0 does not validate the name or type of uploaded files before writing them to a publicly accessible directory, allowing unauthenticated attackers to upload arbitrary files and execute arbitrary code on the server.

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Original source: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-84171