WP User Frontend – Registration, User Profile, Membership, Content Restriction, User Directory, and Frontend Post Submiss, CVE-2026-1565

CVE, Research URL: CVE-2026-1565
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Application: WP User Frontend – Registration, User Profile, Membership, Content Restriction, User Directory, and Frontend Post Submiss
Published on: Feb 27, 2026
Research Description: The User Frontend: AI Powered Frontend Posting, User Directory, Profile, Membership & User Registration plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads due to incorrect file type validation in the 'WPUF_Admin_Settings::check_filetype_and_ext' function and in the 'Admin_Tools::check_filetype_and_ext' function in all versions up to, and including, 4.2.8. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Author-level access and above, to upload arbitrary files on the affected site's server which may make remote code execution possible.
Affected versions: max 4.2.9.
Status: vulnerable

WP User Frontend &#8211; Registration, User Profile, Membership, Content Restriction, User Directory, and Frontend Post Submiss, CVE-2026-1565