CVE-2026-16940

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CVSS 3.1

10.0 critical

EPSS

<1%p33

Published

Aug 5, 2026 (Aug 5, 2026)

Modified

Aug 26, 2026

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.

Ecosystems: WordPress
Weakness: CWE-22
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H

NVD CVE.org GitHub PoCs EPSS (0.4%)

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