CVE-2026-16940
10 CRITICALPublished 2026-08-05 · Updated 2026-08-06
AI risk analysis
- Summary
- The flaw allows unauthenticated users to delete arbitrary files, leading to potential full site takeover.
- Exploitability
- Exploitation is relatively easy as it requires no authentication and can be performed by unprivileged users.
- Blast radius
- If exploited, the impact could be severe, potentially leading to complete control of the WordPress site.
- Detection
- No reliable host or network indicator is derivable from the published description.
- Prioritized remediation
- Upgrade to version 1.5.1 or later.
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Analysis generated locally by qwen2.5:7b-instruct (no data left the box). AI-assisted — verify against primary sources before acting.
NVD 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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-22
All references
Source data: NVD (nvd.nist.gov), public domain. Exploit-DB.ai adds local AI analysis for defensive use only.
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