FKIE_CVE-2026-2426

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-02-18 11:16 - Updated: 2026-02-18 17:51
Severity ?
6.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
Summary
The WP-DownloadManager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Path Traversal in all versions up to, and including, 1.69 via the 'file' parameter in the file deletion functionality. This is due to insufficient validation of user-supplied file paths, allowing directory traversal sequences. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Administrator-level access and above, to delete arbitrary files on the server, which can lead to remote code execution when critical files like wp-config.php are deleted.
References
security@wordfence.comhttps://github.com/lesterchan/wp-downloadmanager/commit/d3470a8971d9043438c8aad281cf37d14fefa208
security@wordfence.comhttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-downloadmanager/tags/1.69/download-manager.php#L215
security@wordfence.comhttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-downloadmanager/trunk/download-manager.php#L215
security@wordfence.comhttps://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a3f791dd-7c24-45e3-b4f6-b8d7e594c568?source=cve
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  "lastModified": "2026-02-18T17:51:53.510",
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