Description
The PixMagix – WordPress Image Editor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Directory Traversal in all versions up to, and including, 1.7.2 via the move_image_on_server function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with author-level access and above, to write files with attacker-controlled content to arbitrary locations on the server. The unsanitized 'layers[].id' parameter is concatenated into a filesystem path and passed to PHP's copy() function, allowing traversal sequences (e.g. '../../') to escape the intended upload directory and write attacker-supplied file contents to arbitrary paths accessible by the web server process. The save_template REST endpoint is gated by the create_projects permission (edit_pixmagix + upload_files), which Author-level users hold by default after plugin activation, making this exploitable by any Author on sites running PixMagix.
Severity (CVSS)
| Base score | 6.5 |
|---|---|
| Severity | Medium |
| Version | CVSS 3.1 |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
| Provided by | CNA |
Weaknesses
- CWE-22 — CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| andrasweb | PixMagix – WordPress Image Editor | 0 to <=1.7.2 |
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c87adbd9-3b09-403e-921a-31b3f58962e9?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/pixmagix/tags/1.7.2/includes/utils.php#L465
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/pixmagix/tags/1.7.2/includes/rest-api/rest-callback-save-template.php#L103
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/pixmagix/tags/1.7.2/includes/rest-api/rest-callback-save-template.php#L91
Generated from the official CVE List on 30 Jun 2026 07:04 UTC.