EUVD-2026-38675
GHSA-4vqg-xgxp-xqgh
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AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Network-accessible AJAX endpoint requires subscriber auth (PR:L); only integrity impact is file deletion or directory creation, no C or A impact.
Primary rating from Vendor (Wordfence).
CVSS VectorVendor: Wordfence
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
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The Generate Security.txt plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.12. This is due to the plugin not properly verifying that a user is authorized to perform an action. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to delete the site's security.txt file from the server filesystem or create the .well-known directory by directly invoking the delete_securitytxt or create_wellknown_folder AJAX actions.
AnalysisAI
Authorization bypass in the Generate Security.txt WordPress plugin (all versions through 1.0.12) allows authenticated attackers with subscriber-level access to delete the site's security.txt file or create the .well-known directory by invoking unprotected AJAX actions directly. The root cause is a failure to verify user capabilities before executing the delete_securitytxt and create_wellknown_folder AJAX handlers, a classic CWE-862 (Missing Authorization) pattern reported by Wordfence. …
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| Exploitation | Exploitation requires a valid authenticated WordPress session with at minimum subscriber-level privileges - the lowest default role assignable upon user registration. … Additional conditions and limiting factors are described in the full assessment. |
| Risk Assessment | The CVSS 3.1 vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N) scores 4.3, reflecting that exploitation requires authentication (PR:L, subscriber level), is network-accessible with low complexity, and produces only limited integrity impact with no confidentiality or availability loss. … Full risk analysis with EPSS, KEV, and SSVC signal comparison available after sign-in. |
| Exploit Scenario | An attacker registers or compromises a subscriber-level account on the target WordPress site, then sends a crafted authenticated POST request directly to wp-admin/admin-ajax.php with the action parameter set to delete_securitytxt. Because the plugin performs no capability check, the request succeeds and the site's security.txt file is removed from the server filesystem. … |
| Remediation | No vendor-released patch has been identified at time of analysis - all referenced versions (1.0.11 and 1.0.12) contain the vulnerable code. … Detailed patch versions, workarounds, and compensating controls in full report. |
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Same weakness CWE-862 – Missing Authorization
View allSame technique Authentication Bypass
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