๐Ÿ” CVE Alert

CVE-2026-16940

CRITICAL 10.0

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

CVSS Score
10.0
EPSS Score
0.2%
EPSS Percentile
6th

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.

Vendor unknown
Product custom fields
Published Aug 5, 2026
Last Updated Aug 6, 2026
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Affected Versions

Unknown / Custom Fields
0 < 1.5.1

References

NVD โ†— CVE.org โ†— EPSS Data โ†—
wpscan.com: https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/a315a6ac-3ffb-4735-92ca-6e85338f8807/

Credits

Mike Gozdiskowski WPScan