Critical severity9.8NVD Advisory· Published May 14, 2026· Updated May 14, 2026

CVE-2026-6271

Description

The Career Section plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Arbitrary File Upload in all versions up to, and including, 1.7 via the CV upload handler. This is due to missing file type validation. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to upload files that may be executable, which makes remote code execution possible.

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Affected products

WordPress/Career Sectionllm-fuzzy
Range: <=1.7
Package: https://wordpress.org/plugins/career-section

Patches

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References

plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3507785/career-sectionnvd
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3507912/career-sectionnvd
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3507917/career-sectionnvd
www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/005d1abc-761d-4f9a-bc21-aad63e8efd66nvd

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