Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessAuthenticate as low-privilege Subscriber
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DeliverySend crafted file-path request to plugin endpoint
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ExploitTraverse path outside intended directory
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ExecutionDelete arbitrary server file
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ImpactDisrupt site or enable takeover
Vulnerability Assessment
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CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V5 - File Handling Path canonicalization, traversal prevention
MITRE ATT&CK
2 techniques across 2 tactics: Discovery, Collection The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Exploitation Conditions | Requires an authenticated low-privilege account (Subscriber level per the title; CVSS PR:L) on a WordPress site running the SureDash plugin at version 1.12.3 or earlier. The primary limiting factor is that valid authentication is needed, though WordPress sites with open user registration effectively lower this barrier to anyone. No user interaction is required (UI:N) and no non-default configuration is indicated in the available data. The specific plugin feature, parameter, or endpoint that performs the file deletion is not described in the available sources. |
| Impact | This is a moderate, not emergency, priority. The CVSS 3.1 vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N) and the title indicate a remotely reachable, low-complexity flaw exploitable by any authenticated low-privilege user (PR:L, described as a Subscriber) with no user interaction, which in WordPress is a meaningful exposure because Subscriber accounts are often self-registerable. However, the base score is only 5.0 because the vendor/Patchstack vector sets C:N/I:N/A:L - modeling arbitrary file deletion purely as a low availability impact. That mapping is debatable: destroying arbitrary files is fundamentally an integrity/availability loss, and in WordPress an arbitrary-file-deletion primitive can be escalated (e.g., deleting wp-config.php to force reinstallation and potential takeover), so the real-world impact may exceed the 5.0 score suggests. Decision framing from vuln.today is 'this_month' (a routine patch-cycle priority, not act_now/emergency). No EPSS score, no CISA KEV listing, and no proof-of-concept or working-exploit reference were provided - the only reference is the Patchstack database advisory itself. There is therefore no evidence of active exploitation; signals are consistent with a credible-but-not-urgent authenticated plugin bug. Key conflict to verify with the vendor: the 'file deletion' title versus the I:N impact rating. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An attacker registers or obtains a low-privilege Subscriber account on a WordPress site running SureDash <= 1.12.3, then sends a crafted request to the vulnerable plugin endpoint supplying a traversal path to a file outside the intended directory, causing the server to delete it. Because AC:L/UI:N, no special timing or victim interaction is needed; deleting a sensitive file such as wp-config.php could degrade or compromise the site. No public exploit was identified at time of analysis. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Oct 30, 2026
Arbitrary file deletion in the SureDash WordPress plugin through version 1.12.3 allows an authenticated low-privilege user, such as a Subscriber, to delete files on the hosting server via a path traversal flaw (CWE-22). The impact is limited to integrity and availability (CVSS 5.0; assessed vector AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L), with the main barrier being the need for a valid account, a barrier that open subscriber registration can effectively remove. No CISA KEV entry and no public exploit were identified at time of analysis; this is a moderate, this-month priority rather than an emergency.
RemediationAI
No fixed release version is identified in the supplied data, so the Patchstack advisory (https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/suredash/vulnerability/wordpress-suredash-plugin-1-12-3-arbitrary-file-deletion-vulnerability?_s_id=cve) should be consulted for the vendor's current fixed version and upgrade instructions before updating. Because exploitation requires an authenticated low-privilege account (Subscriber-level per the reported title and PR:L in the assessed vector), exposure is highest on sites that permit public user registration; while awaiting a fix, closing open registration or otherwise restricting who can obtain a Subscriber account reduces the attack surface, with the trade-off of losing self-service signup and adding account-management overhead, and auditing existing subscriber accounts is a related control. Disabling the SureDash plugin removes the vulnerable code path entirely, at the cost of losing the plugin's functionality. No other workarounds are described in the available sources.
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Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
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Technical ContextAI · show details
SureDash is a WordPress plugin from Brainstorm Force distributed through the WordPress plugin ecosystem; the supplied CPE cpe:2.3:a:brainstorm_force:suredash:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* covers the affected releases. The flaw is classified CWE-22 (Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory, commonly path traversal), which in a file-deletion context means a user-influenced path is not sufficiently constrained to the intended directory before a delete operation is performed. The available sources do not describe the vulnerable endpoint, the request parameter, or the exact path-construction and deletion logic, so the trigger is not stated. The assessed vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L) indicates network reachability by an authenticated low-privilege user without user interaction, with limited integrity and availability impact and no confidentiality impact.
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Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:L
Remote, low-complexity, authenticated low-privilege (Subscriber) deletion with no UI; file deletion is both an integrity (I:L) and availability (A:L) loss, scope unchanged absent evidence of cross-authority impact.
Primary rating from Vendor (Patchstack).
CVSS VectorVendor: Patchstack
DescriptionCVE.org
Subscriber Arbitrary File Deletion in SureDash <= 1.12.3 versions.
Threat Intelligence Overview
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Attack Technique
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