{"id":"CVE-2026-103768","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2026-103768","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T01:02:07.971Z","title":"The ELEX WordPress HelpDesk & Customer Ticketing System plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Arbitrary File Upload in all versions up to, and including, 3.3.7 via the initMailPart function.","description":"The ELEX WordPress HelpDesk & Customer Ticketing System plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Arbitrary File Upload in all versions up to, and including, 3.3.7 via the initMailPart function. This is due to insufficient file type validation when saving IMAP email attachments. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to upload files that may be executable, which makes remote code execution possible.","published":"2026-10-16T06:17:03.000Z","lastModified":"2026-10-16T15:17:03.000Z","status":"Deferred","sourceIdentifier":"security@wordfence.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":9.8,"severity":"CRITICAL","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-434"],"affected":[],"epss":{"score":0.00578,"percentile":0.47334,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[{"date":"2026-10-16","score":0.00578,"percentile":0.46405}]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.58%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[{"kind":"new","label":"New CVE","at":"2026-10-16T06:17:03.000Z","detail":{"score":"9.8","severity":"CRITICAL","publishedAt":"2026-10-16T06:17:03.060Z"},"summary":"New CVE, critical severity (CVSS 9.8)."}],"references":[{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3733037/elex-helpdesk-customer-support-ticket-system/trunk/includes/Mailbox.php","source":"security@wordfence.com"},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&new=3733037%40elex-helpdesk-customer-support-ticket-system%2Ftags%2F3.3.8&old=3538729%40elex-helpdesk-customer-support-ticket-system%2Ftags%2F3.3.7","source":"security@wordfence.com"},{"url":"https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/8e8129b6-cc1d-4fdc-81a7-b0c8c3d1c308?source=cve","source":"security@wordfence.com"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-103768","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}