Critical severity · published Oct 28, 2026
CVE-2026-109218
Contact Manager <= 9.1.2 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Upload via Trailing-Dot Filename Blacklist Bypass
New
9.8
CVSS
–
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The Contact Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Arbitrary File Upload in all versions up to, and including, 9.1.2 via the add_message function. This is due to an incomplete extension blacklist that fails to detect dangerous extensions when a trailing dot causes the extension-derivation routine to return an empty string, which sanitize_file_name() then silently removes before the file is written to disk. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to upload files that may be executable, which makes remote code execution possible. Successful code execution additionally requires the server to use Apache with libapache2-mod-php (which maps .phar to PHP by default) and the attacker to retrieve the uploaded file within the brief window before it is removed by unlink() at end of request.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
CM
Contact Manager · kleor
through 9.1.2 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-109218
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-109218
www.wordfence.com
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b359ef59-4c2e-4d4e-b000-1845525131de?source=cve
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/contact-manager/tags/9.1.2/includes/add-message.php#L256
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/contact-manager/tags/9.1.2/includes/add-message.php#L254
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/contact-manager/tags/9.1.2/contact-manager.php#L42
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/contact-manager/tags/9.1.2/includes/forms/processing.php#L102
fr.wordpress.org
https://fr.wordpress.org/plugins/contact-manager/
