CVE-2026-109218: Contact Manager <= 9.1.2 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Upload via Trailing-Dot Filename Blacklist Bypass

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-109218 is a critical (CVSS 9.8) vulnerability in kleor contact manager.

Timeline

1. 28-10-2026
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.

Description

The Contact Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Arbitrary File Upload in all versions up to, and including, 9.1.2 via the add_message function. This is due to an incomplete extension blacklist that fails to detect dangerous extensions when a trailing dot causes the extension-derivation routine to return an empty string, which sanitize_file_name() then silently removes before the file is written to disk. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to upload files that may be executable, which makes remote code execution possible. Successful code execution additionally requires the server to use Apache with libapache2-mod-php (which maps .phar to PHP by default) and the attacker to retrieve the uploaded file within the brief window before it is removed by unlink() at end of request.

• CWE-434Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous TypeThe product allows the upload or transfer of dangerous file types that are automatically processed within its environment.