The File Media Renamer WordPress plugin through 1.3 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.
History

Fri, 09 Oct 2026 09:15:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Wordpress-extensions
Wordpress-extensions file Media Renamer
Vendors & Products Wordpress-extensions
Wordpress-extensions file Media Renamer

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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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Weaknesses CWE-284

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Description The File Media Renamer WordPress plugin through 1.3 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.
Title File Media Renamer <= 1.3 - Author+ Arbitrary File Rename via save-attachment-compat
References

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2026-10-06T06:00:21.326Z

Updated: 2026-10-06T10:41:53.747Z

Reserved: 2026-09-21T09:26:45.343Z

Link: CVE-2026-94278

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-10-06T10:31:27.440Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-10-06T07:17:00.080

Modified: 2026-10-06T15:18:12.170

Link: CVE-2026-94278

cve-icon Redhat

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