CVE-2026-15450 (GCVE-0-2026-15450)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-08-01 07:49
Modified
2026-08-03 19:25
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CWE
- CWE-22 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
Summary
The Nex Forms – Ultimate Form Builder – Lite plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file deletion via path traversal in versions up to, and including, 9.2.3. This is due to the delete_file() AJAX handler retrieving a file path from the database and passing it directly to unlink() with no validation (no realpath(), basename(), or allowlist check), combined with the insert_record() AJAX handler that lets the same authenticated user store an arbitrary value in the target 'location' column (wp_kses() only strips HTML tags and does not neutralize path traversal or absolute paths). This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with admin-level access and above, to delete arbitrary files on the affected site's server, including wp-config. When the plugin's user-level option is configured to something else, this may be exploitable with lower privileges.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| webaways | NEX-Forms – Ultimate Forms Plugin for WordPress |
Version: 0 ≤ 9.2.3 |
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