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CVE-2026-9616

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.3 EPSS 0.23%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2026-06-24 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 4.3. It affects WordPress. Exploitation may require the attacker to be authenticated.

CVE
CVE-2026-9616
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
4.3
EPSS
0.23%
WordPress

Original NVD Description

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.