CVE-2026-48866

Status: DeferredCritical (9.6)—

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in Rocketgenius Inc. Gravity Forms allows Path Traversal.

This issue affects Gravity Forms: from n/a through 2.10.0.1.

CVSS

Version: 3.1
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Base score: 9.6

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.50%
Percentile among all scored CVEs: 41
Score date: 10/5/2026

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

🎯 ATT&CK techniques

How this vulnerability is exploited and what the attacker gains, in MITRE ATT&CK terms.

ExploitationT1203 Exploitation for Client Executionexecution85 %
Primary impactT1005 Data from Local Systemcollection90 %
Secondary impactT1565 Data Manipulationimpact70 %

Vector CVSS con UI:R en red pública sugiere T1203 (interacción del usuario). CWE-22 (path traversal) permite lectura de datos arbitrarios (T1005) y potencial manipulación de archivos (T1565) en el servidor.

Inferred by our analysis agent from the official description, CVSS vector and CWE, and checked by a supervisor. May contain errors.

🛡️ ATT&CK mitigations that cover these techniques

Restrict File and Directory Permissions Remote Data Storage Network Segmentation Encrypt Sensitive Information Application Isolation and Sandboxing Exploit Protection

Affected technologies (1)

⚠ AI-inferred from the description — NVD hasn't analyzed this CVE yet, these aren't verified CPEs.

Rocketgenius INC — Gravity Forms^AI

CWEs

CWE-22

References

https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/gravityforms/vulnerability/wordpress-gravity-forms-plugin-2-10-0-1-arbitrary-file-deletion-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

Raw JSON (NVD)

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