CVE-2026-105123

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].

CVSS 4.0

8.7CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

CVSS 3.1

8.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS

0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 43% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-25)

CWE

CWE-434

Published

2026-10-04

Modified

2026-10-06

Record from

the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

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

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