CVE-2026-105123
W (vincent-peugnet/wcms) through 3.18.0 contains a remote code execution vulnerability that allows…
- Risk score
- 61/100
- CVSS
- 8.8 v3.1
- Exploit chance (30 days)
- 0.5%
- Published
- 4 Oct 2026
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What to know
- What it is
- W (vincent-peugnet/wcms) through 3.18.0 contains a remote code execution vulnerability that allows authenticated editors to write arbitrary files by abusing the unvalidated path in POST /api/v0/media/upload/[*:path]. Attackers can upload .php files executed by the web server, use encoded ../ sequences to write outside…
- Affected
- See advisory
- Fix
- Apply the vendor's security update; see the linked advisory.
- Exploitation
- No known exploitation
Why it is Amber
- CVSS 8.8 high
References
- https://github.com/vincent-peugnet/wcms
- https://github.com/vincent-peugnet/wcms/blob/cda5bcdb95dbdb1e804fdfe0e5fd2e2b2f8a90e2/app/class/Controllerapimedia.php#L24-L44
- https://github.com/vincent-peugnet/wcms/blob/cda5bcdb95dbdb1e804fdfe0e5fd2e2b2f8a90e2/app/class/Media.php#L98
- https://github.com/vincent-peugnet/wcms/issues/662
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/w-wcms-through-3.18.0-rce-and-arbitrary-file-write-via-media-upload-api
Original description
W (vincent-peugnet/wcms) through 3.18.0 contains a remote code execution vulnerability that allows authenticated editors to write arbitrary files by abusing the unvalidated path in POST /api/v0/media/upload/[*:path]. Attackers can upload .php files executed by the web server, use encoded ../ sequences to write outside the media directory, and delete arbitrary files via DELETE /api/v0/media/[*:path].
Last activity 4 Oct 2026. Patch Forecast updates every hour.