Vulnerability record

CVE-2026-85097

Severity: CriticalExploitation: No known exploitation

Patch status

No official fix confirmed yet

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Description

The Bricksforge plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthenticated arbitrary file upload in versions up to, and including, 3.1.8.9. This is due to insufficient validation of the attacker-controlled URL field in the 'temporaryFileUploads' parameter during form submission. An unauthenticated attacker can first obtain a valid nonce via the bricksforge_regenerate_nonce AJAX endpoint, then upload a GIF/PHP polyglot file to the temporary upload directory where MIME type validation is correctly performed. Subsequently, the attacker can submit a form with a crafted 'temporaryFileUploads' parameter where the server-side file path points to the validated GIF file, but the attacker-controlled url field ends with a .php extension. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to upload and execute arbitrary PHP code on the server.

Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database. Official vulnerability data, reproduced as published.

Intelligence timeline

Developments from the last 30 days, newest first.

  1. CVSS scoredUpdate

    CVE-2026-85097 scored CVSS 9.8

    Basis: NIST National Vulnerability Database

Coverage

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References

  • bricksforge.io https://bricksforge.io/version-changelog/
  • wordfence.com https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/e993c929-f175-43a7-92e6-9d3b089b8dde?source=cve