CVE-2026-5809
The wpForo Forum plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Arbitrary File Deletion in versions up to and including 3.0.2. This is due to a two-step logic flaw: the topic_add() and topic_edit() action handlers accept arbitrary user-supplied data[*] arrays from $_REQUEST and store them as postmeta without restricting which fields may contain array values. Because 'body' is included in the allowed topic fields list, an attacker can supply data[body][fileurl] with an arbitrary file path (e.g., wp-config.php or an absolute server path).
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This poisoned fileurl is persisted to the plugin's custom postmeta database table. Subsequently, when the attacker submits wpftcf_delete[]=body on a topic_edit request, the add_file() method retrieves the stored postmeta record, extracts the attacker-controlled fileurl, passes it through wpforo_fix_upload_dir() which only rewrites legitimate wpforo upload paths and returns all other paths unchanged, and then calls wp_delete_file() on the unvalidated path. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to delete arbitrary files writable by the PHP process on the server, including critical files such as wp-config.
CVSS
- Versión: 3.1
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H
- Puntuación base: 7.1
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 0.63%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 49
- Fecha de la puntuación: 6/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
🎯 Técnicas ATT&CK
Cómo se explota esta vulnerabilidad y qué consigue el atacante, en el lenguaje de MITRE ATT&CK.
- Explotación
T1210Exploitation of Remote Serviceslateral movement75 % - Impacto principal
T1565.002Transmitted Data Manipulationimpact80 % - Impacto secundario
T1499.004Application or System Exploitationimpact65 %
AV:N/PR:L requiere acceso remoto autenticado a servicio WordPress (T1210). El ataque causa eliminación arbitraria de archivos críticos (T1565.002), con potencial DoS al borrar wp-config.php (T1499.004).
Inferido por nuestro agente de análisis a partir de la descripción oficial, el vector CVSS y la CWE, y comprobado por un supervisor. Puede contener errores.
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Tecnologías afectadas (1)
⚠ Inferidas por IA a partir de la descripción — NVD aún no ha analizado esta CVE; no son CPE verificados.
CWE
- CWE-73
Referencias
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpforo/tags/3.0.2/classes/Actions.php#L746
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpforo/tags/3.0.2/classes/Actions.php#L761
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpforo/tags/3.0.2/classes/PostMeta.php#L402
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpforo/tags/3.0.2/classes/PostMeta.php#L421
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpforo/tags/3.0.2/classes/PostMeta.php#L523
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpforo/tags/3.0.2/classes/Posts.php#L1961
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpforo/tags/3.0.2/includes/functions.php#L2641
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3503313/wpforo
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/0e46ac8d-89ee-4480-bb96-83f2044a4323?source=cve
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