Paper/Archive/CVE-2026-16940

CVE-2026-16940

Unknown Custom Fields — Custom Fields for WooCommerce < 1.5.1 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Deletion via Path Traversal

EPSS 0.6%CVSS 10.0

critical.is priorityof 100

CVSS 10.0 (ADP)10.0 / 10 × 3030.0 Not in CISA KEV+300.0 EPSS percentile 47.3.473 × 209.5 No public exploit+100.0 SSVC exploitation: none+100.0

Description · from the CVE record

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

ProductAffectedFixed inSource

Custom Fields< 1.5.11.5.1CNA

Scores by source

CISA ADP10.0CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H

CISA ADPSSVCExploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: total

References

exploitwpscan.com/vulnerability/a315a6ac-3ffb-4735-92ca-6e85338f8807