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CVE-2026-16940

CRITICAL 10.0 CVSS 3.1
Published
August 5, 2026
Last modified
August 26, 2026
NVD status
Deferred
Reported by
contact@wpscan.com
Weakness
CWE-22
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H

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.

Affected products and versions

  • Unknown Custom Fields — Before 1.5.1

References

  • wpscan.com https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/a315a6ac-3ffb-4735-92ca-6e85338f8807/
  • nvd.nist.gov Official NVD record