Critical severity10.0NVD Advisory· Published Aug 5, 2026· Updated Aug 26, 2026

CVE-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.

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Affected products

WordPress/Custom Fieldsllm-fuzzy
Range: <1.5.1

Patches

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References

wpscan.com/vulnerability/a315a6ac-3ffb-4735-92ca-6e85338f8807/nvd

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