CVE-2026-1565 File upload in User Frontend: AI Powered Frontend Posting, User Directory, Profile, Membership & User Registration
Authenticated attackers with Author access can upload arbitrary files via improper validation, potentially leading to remote code execution on the server.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2026-1565?
CVE-2026-1565 is a high-severity vulnerability in wedevs User Frontend: AI Powered Frontend Posting, User Directory, Profile, Membership & User Registration, published on 26 Feb 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The User Frontend: AI Powered Frontend Posting, User Directory, Profile, Membership & User Registration plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads due to incorrect file type validation in the 'WPUF_Admin_Settings::check_filetype_and_ext' function and in the 'Admin_Tools::check_filetype_and_ext' function in all versions up to, and including, 4.2.8. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Author-level access and above, to upload arbitrary files on the affected site's server which may make remote code execution possible.
Weakness: CWE-434
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-1565?
How do I fix CVE-2026-1565?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-1565 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2026-1565 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-1565 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-9mgh-ggpg-9hq5.