CVE-2012-10019: Scribu Front-End Editor

Critical severity, CVSS 9.8. EPSS: 3.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The Front End Editor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads due to missing file type validation via the upload.php file in versions before 2.3. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to upload arbitrary files on the affected sites server which may make remote code execution possible.

Affected products

• Scribu Front-End Editor: before 2.3 (fixed in 2.3)

Published 2025-07-19. Last modified 2026-06-16.