Sucuri Security – Auditing, Malware Scanner and Security Hardening, CVE-2026-73033

CVE, Research URL: CVE-2026-73033
Home page URL: Security reports for Sucuri Security – Auditing, Malware Scanner and Security Hardening
Application: Sucuri Security – Auditing, Malware Scanner and Security Hardening
Published on: Aug 11, 2026
Research Description: Sucuri Security WordPress plugin through version 2.7.3 contains a path traversal vulnerability in the pageIntegritySubmission() method in src/integrity.lib.php that allows authenticated administrators to delete arbitrary files by supplying directory traversal sequences in the sucuriscan_integrity parameter. Attackers can manipulate the unsanitized file path concatenated with ABSPATH to traverse outside the WordPress installation directory and invoke unlink() on sensitive files such as wp-config.php and .htaccess, causing site outage or enabling malicious reinstallation.
Affected versions: max 2.7.3.
Status: vulnerable

Sucuri Security &#8211; Auditing, Malware Scanner and Security Hardening, CVE-2026-73033