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The GutenBee – Gutenberg Blocks plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Arbitrary File Upload in all versions up to, and including, 2.20.1 via the gutenbee_file_a…
Published:
27 mei 2026 om 22:00:00
Alert date:
28 mei 2026 om 09:01:17
Source:
nvd.nist.gov
Web Technologies
The GutenBee Gutenberg Blocks plugin for WordPress contains an arbitrary file upload vulnerability in versions up to 2.20.1. The vulnerability exists in the gutenbee_file_and_ext_json function due to a flawed strpos() substring check that only verifies if a filename contains '.json' rather than confirming it ends with a .json extension. This allows attackers to upload files with double extensions like shell.json.php to bypass validation. Authenticated attackers with author-level access or higher can exploit this to upload executable files, potentially leading to remote code execution on the affected WordPress site.
Technical details
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Affected products:
GutenBee Gutenberg Blocks WordPress Plugin
Related links:
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-9227
https://github.com/cssigniter/gutenbee/commit/bde934cdecf67a4de1d6548cc1fc6c59bc6690e5
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/gutenbee/tags/2.20.0/gutenbee.php#L570
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/gutenbee/tags/2.20.0/gutenbee.php#L571
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/gutenbee/tags/2.20.0/gutenbee.php#L579
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/gutenbee/tags/2.20.1/gutenbee.php#L570
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/gutenbee/tags/2.20.1/gutenbee.php#L571
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/gutenbee/tags/2.20.1/gutenbee.php#L579
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3543574%40gutenbee&new=3543574%40gutenbee&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/2d20e8c9-975d-4e8c-8bea-50935853c7d4?source=cve
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