CVE-2026-13492 | The UsersWP plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Arbitrary … | CVSS 8.8 HIGH

Description

The UsersWP plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Arbitrary File Deletion in versions up to, and including, 1.2.65. This is due to insufficient validation of file-field values in the UsersWP_Validation::validate_fields() function (which falls through to sanitize_text_field() for fields of type 'file', leaving directory-traversal sequences intact) combined with the UsersWP_Forms::upload_file_remove() AJAX handler building the deletion target from the uploads basedir concatenated with the attacker-controlled metadata value without any realpath canonicalization or uploads-directory boundary check before calling unlink(). This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to delete arbitrary files on the affected site's server, including wp-config.

Metadata

CVE ID: CVE-2026-13492
State: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Wordfence
Reserved: 2026-06-27 16:40 UTC
Published: 2026-07-09 18:33 UTC
Last updated: 2026-07-09 19:47 UTC
Primary CWE: CWE-22
CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Dir…
Vendor / Product: stiofansisland / UsersWP – Front-end login form, User Registration, User Profile & Members Directory plugin for WP
Sources: cve.org · NVD

Severity & Metrics

8.8 HIGH CVSS 3.1

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

SSVC — CISA Coordinator

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Tech. Impact: total

Affected products (1)

Vendor	Product	Platform	Versions
stiofansisland	UsersWP – Front-end login form, User Registration, User Profile & Members Directory plugin for WP	—	0 ≤ 1.2.65

Weakness (CWE)

CWE	Source	Description
CWE-22	cna	CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

CVSS scores (1)

Score	Severity	Version	Source	Vector
8.8	HIGH	3.1	cna	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References (8)