PixMagix <= 1.7.2 — Authenticated (Author+) Path Traversal in 'layers[].id' Parameter

Am I affected?

• Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under PixMagix – WordPress Image Editor.
• No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.

What to do

1. Update to version 1.7.3, or a newer patched version
2. Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
3. Watch PixMagix – WordPress Image Editor to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.

Advisory

Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to devploit.

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.

Exploits & references

Proof-of-concept & detection

No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.

Advisories & patches

• Advisorywordfence.com

Related CVEs

Timeline

1. Jun 29, 2026

   CVE published

   Severity medium, CVSS 6.5

2. Nov 13, 2026

   Record last updated