---
title: "CVE-2026-94104: NivoCart - Unrestricted File Upload"
description: "NivoCart through 2.4.0 contains an arbitrary file upload vulnerability caused by insufficient validation of file extensions in the File Manager multi() endpoint, letting attackers with view-only back-office access upload and execute PHP files remotely, exploit requires view-only back-office access."
url: https://panop.io/threat-heartbeat/CVE-2026-94104/
---

# CVE-2026-94104 NivoCart - Unrestricted File Upload

NivoCart through 2.4.0 contains an arbitrary file upload vulnerability caused by insufficient validation of file extensions in the File Manager multi() endpoint, letting attackers with view-only back-office access upload and execute PHP files remotely, exploit requires view-only back-office access.

CVSS base score 8.8 /10

High

CISA KEV

Not listed

Public exploit

None known

Authentication

Required

EPSS

0.67% chance of exploitation in 30 days

[View the NVD record ↗](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-94104)

## Details

Type

Unrestricted File Upload

Impact

Remote Code Execution, File System Write

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Published

20 September 2026

Updated

15 October 2026

Weakness

[CWE-434](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/434.html)

## Vendor fix

Update to the latest version that patches this vulnerability.

Patching closes this CVE. It does not tell you which of your systems run the affected version, or what else is exposed alongside them.

## References

- [https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-94104](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-94104)
- [https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/nivocart-through-2.4.0-arbitrary-file-upload-rce-via-filemanager](https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/nivocart-through-2.4.0-arbitrary-file-upload-rce-via-filemanager)
- [https://github.com/nivocart/nivocart](https://github.com/nivocart/nivocart)
- [https://github.com/nivocart/nivocart/blob/6ea6600cda1263ae70c0aab0a70d31091a32c46b/upload/admin/controller/common/filemanager.php#L527-L562](https://github.com/nivocart/nivocart/blob/6ea6600cda1263ae70c0aab0a70d31091a32c46b/upload/admin/controller/common/filemanager.php#L527-L562)
- [https://github.com/nivocart/nivocart/blob/6ea6600cda1263ae70c0aab0a70d31091a32c46b/upload/admin/controller/common/filemanager\_full.php](https://github.com/nivocart/nivocart/blob/6ea6600cda1263ae70c0aab0a70d31091a32c46b/upload/admin/controller/common/filemanager_full.php)
- [https://github.com/nivocart/nivocart/issues/25](https://github.com/nivocart/nivocart/issues/25)

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- Whether an attacker can actually reach and exploit it
- The misconfigurations that never get a CVE number
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