CVE-2026-16940

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.

Score

CVSS 3.1 10.0 Critical

Status

Deferred - contact@wpscan.com

Published

2026-08-05

Last modified

2026-08-06

Weaknesses

CWE-22

Affected products

• Custom Fields (Unknown)

References

• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/a315a6ac-3ffb-4735-92ca-6e85338f8807/