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wpForo Forum, CVE-2026-3666

CVE, Research URL

CVE-2026-3666

Application

wpForo Forum

Published on
Apr 04, 2026
Research Description
The wpForo Forum plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file deletion in all versions up to, and including, 2.4.16. This is due to a missing file name/path validation against path traversal sequences. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber level access and above, to delete arbitrary files on the server by embedding a crafted path traversal string in a forum post body and then deleting the post.
Affected versions
max 2.4.17.
Status
vulnerable