WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities
File Media Renamer <= 1.3 - Author+ Arbitrary File Rename via save-attachment-compat
Description
The plugin does not verify that the requesting user is authorised to modify a given media attachment, allowing any user with file-upload privileges to rename attachments belonging to other users, including administrators, and to corrupt unrelated stored site data that referenced the old file path.
Proof of Concept
Affects Plugins
References
CVE
Classification
Type
ACCESS CONTROLS
OWASP top 10
CWE
CVSS
Miscellaneous
Original Researcher
Sebastian Riveros
Submitter
Sebastian Riveros
Submitter website
Verified
Yes
WPVDB ID
Timeline
Publicly Published
2026-10-03 (about 2 days ago)
Added
2026-09-26 (about 9 days ago)
Last Updated
2026-09-26 (about 9 days ago)