EUVD-2026-43624
GHSA-5pg8-pjj5-p2wc
Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H
Remote low-complexity delete needs only Subscriber auth (PR:L); no confidentiality impact, but arbitrary deletion breaks integrity/availability and crosses into full-site scope (S:C).
Primary rating from Vendor (WPScan).
CVSS VectorVendor: WPScan
Lifecycle Timeline
4DescriptionCVE.org
The Word Count and Social Shares WordPress plugin through 1.0 does not validate a user-supplied file path before deletion, nor does it have proper authorization or CSRF checks, allowing any authenticated user, such as a Subscriber, to delete arbitrary files on the server, which can lead to a full site takeover (e.g. by deleting wp-config.php).
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AnalysisAI
Arbitrary file deletion in the Word Count and Social Shares WordPress plugin (versions through 1.0) lets any authenticated low-privilege user, including a Subscriber, delete any file the web server can reach because the plugin neither validates the supplied file path nor enforces authorization or CSRF protection. Deleting critical files such as wp-config.php can trigger WordPress's setup/installation flow and enable a full site takeover. Publicly available exploit code exists (reported by WPScan); there is no public exploit identified as actively used, and the issue is not on the CISA KEV list.
Technical ContextAI
The affected component is a WordPress plugin (PHP), so it runs inside the WordPress request lifecycle with the web server's filesystem privileges. The root-cause class is a combination of missing path validation (path traversal, CWE-22, though NVD lists CWE as N/A), missing authorization/capability check (CWE-862 Missing Authorization), and missing CSRF token verification (CWE-352) on a file-delete action. Because the plugin passes a user-supplied path straight to a delete operation without canonicalization or an allowlist, an attacker can traverse outside the plugin's directory to any file readable/writable by the PHP process. The CPE cpe:2.3:a:unknown:word_count_and_social_shares:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* confirms the vendor is unidentified and all versions up to 1.0 are in scope.
RemediationAI
No vendor-released patch version is identified in the available data, and the plugin appears to be at its latest release (1.0) with an unknown vendor, so treat it as unpatched: the safest action is to deactivate and remove the Word Count and Social Shares plugin entirely until a fixed release is confirmed. If the plugin cannot be removed, apply compensating controls: disable open user registration (Settings → General → uncheck 'Anyone can register') to remove the trivial Subscriber path, restrict access to wp-admin/admin-ajax.php and the plugin's action endpoint via a WAF rule or web-server ACL, and enforce least-privilege file permissions so the PHP process cannot delete wp-config.php or core files (note this can break plugins/updates that legitimately write to those paths). Monitor the WPScan advisory (https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/7f4b5f16-6c31-4dcc-94a4-120cb45631bb/) for a patched version and upgrade to it once released. Do not rely on version numbers not present in the source data.
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