CVE-2026-16940

Published: Aug 5, 2026Modified: Aug 26, 2026Deferred

10.0

Vector

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

Exploitability: 3.9 / Impact: 5.8

Source: 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 (Secondary)

Description

The Custom Fields WordPress plugin before 1.5.1 does not validate a user-supplied file path before deletion, allowing unauthenticated users to delete arbitrary files on the server (such as wp-config.php), which can lead to a full site takeover.

Related CWEs

CWE-22

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory.

References (1)

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/a315a6ac-3ffb-4735-92ca-6e85338f8807/

Source: contact@wpscan.com

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