diff --git a/wp-admin/includes/file.php b/wp-admin/includes/file.php
index e5cd3134fd..2f9ad96c57 100644
--- a/wp-admin/includes/file.php
+++ b/wp-admin/includes/file.php
@@ -638,6 +638,10 @@ function _unzip_file_ziparchive($file, $to, $needed_dirs = array() ) {
 		if ( '__MACOSX/' === substr($info['name'], 0, 9) ) // Skip the OS X-created __MACOSX directory
 			continue;
 
+		if ( 0 !== validate_file( $info['name'] ) ) {
+			return new WP_Error( 'invalid_file_ziparchive', __( 'Could not extract file from archive.' ), $info['name'] );
+		}
+
 		$uncompressed_size += $info['size'];
 
 		if ( '/' == substr($info['name'], -1) ) // directory
@@ -791,6 +795,10 @@ function _unzip_file_pclzip($file, $to, $needed_dirs = array()) {
 		if ( '__MACOSX/' === substr($file['filename'], 0, 9) ) // Don't extract the OS X-created __MACOSX directory files
 			continue;
 
+		if ( 0 !== validate_file( $file['filename'] ) ) {
+			return new WP_Error( 'invalid_file_pclzip', __( 'Could not extract file from archive.' ), $file['filename'] );
+		}
+
 		if ( ! $wp_filesystem->put_contents( $to . $file['filename'], $file['content'], FS_CHMOD_FILE) )
 			return new WP_Error( 'copy_failed_pclzip', __( 'Could not copy file.' ), $file['filename'] );
 	}