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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…

Impact

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 products

ProductAffected versions
Custom Fields WordPress Plugin
before 1.5.1

Versions were read from the advisory text. No structured product data has been published for this record yet.

Weakness classification

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