{"id":"CVE-2026-19253","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2026-19253","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T01:19:35.369Z","title":"The Cache Enabler WordPress plugin before 1.8.17 does not validate a URL before using it to build a filesystem path in its cache purge routine, and does not confine the resulting deletion to the cache directory, allowing unauthenticated users to delete…","description":"The Cache Enabler WordPress plugin before 1.8.17 does not validate a URL before using it to build a filesystem path in its cache purge routine, and does not confine the resulting deletion to the cache directory, allowing unauthenticated users to delete arbitrary files and directories on sites where another installed Cache Enabler WordPress plugin before 1.8.17 or  passes a request-derived URL to its public cache-clearing hook.","published":"2026-10-01T06:17:08.000Z","lastModified":"2026-10-01T13:11:53.000Z","status":"Deferred","sourceIdentifier":"contact@wpscan.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":8.7,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-73"],"affected":[],"epss":{"score":0.00231,"percentile":0.13834,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[{"date":"2026-10-02","score":0.00231,"percentile":0.12673}]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.23%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[{"kind":"scored","label":"Newly scored","at":"2026-10-01T12:45:05.000Z","detail":{"from":null,"score":"8.7","severity":"HIGH","fromSeverity":null},"summary":"Now scored CVSS 8.7 HIGH."},{"kind":"new","label":"New CVE","at":"2026-10-01T06:17:08.000Z","detail":{"score":null,"severity":null,"publishedAt":"2026-10-01T06:17:08.467Z"},"summary":"New CVE, high severity (CVSS 8.7)."}],"references":[{"url":"https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/49ecffb5-26ae-43e5-9942-e2d63970b39d/","source":"contact@wpscan.com"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-19253","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}