CVE-2026-16940EPSS p6.3%

CVE-2026-16940CVE-2026-16940

Description

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.

Scoring

CVSS 10.0 ()
VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H
EPSS0.17% probability of exploitation · percentile 6.3% · 2026-08-06T12:00:30Z
Last modified2026-08-06
Sourced from NVD + FIRST.org EPSS. Curated for EU compliance use cases by Adam Lundqvist, Founder at SQUR.