Description
The Cache Enabler WordPress plugin before 1.8.17 does not validate a URL before using it to build a filesystem path in its cache purge routine, and does not confine the resulting deletion to the cache directory, allowing unauthenticated users to delete arbitrary files and directories on sites where another installed Cache Enabler WordPress plugin before 1.8.17 or passes a request-derived URL to its public cache-clearing hook.
Published: 2026-10-01
Score: 8.7 High
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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History

Thu, 01 Oct 2026 16:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Wordpress-extensions
Wordpress-extensions cache Enabler
Vendors & Products Wordpress-extensions
Wordpress-extensions cache Enabler

Thu, 01 Oct 2026 14:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-20
CWE-732

Thu, 01 Oct 2026 11:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-73
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Thu, 01 Oct 2026 08:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-20
CWE-732

Thu, 01 Oct 2026 06:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description The Cache Enabler WordPress plugin before 1.8.17 does not validate a URL before using it to build a filesystem path in its cache purge routine, and does not confine the resulting deletion to the cache directory, allowing unauthenticated users to delete arbitrary files and directories on sites where another installed Cache Enabler WordPress plugin before 1.8.17 or passes a request-derived URL to its public cache-clearing hook.
Title Cache Enabler < 1.8.17 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File and Directory Deletion via cache_enabler_clear_page_cache_by_url
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Wordpress-extensions Cache Enabler
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-01T10:55:59.529Z

Reserved: 2026-08-07T13:24:04.826Z

Link: CVE-2026-19253

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-10-01T10:44:26.872Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-10-01T06:17:08.467

Modified: 2026-10-01T13:11:52.923

Link: CVE-2026-19253

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-10-01T16:15:10Z

Weaknesses
  • CWE-73

    External Control of File Name or Path