CVE-2026-15979

8.1 HIGH

Published 2026-08-05 · Updated 2026-08-05

AI risk analysis

Summary: The flaw allows authenticated attackers with author-level access to delete arbitrary files via path traversal, potentially leading to remote code execution.
Exploitability: Exploitation is moderately difficult requiring author-level access and knowledge of specific file paths.
Blast radius: If exploited, the impact could be severe as it may lead to full server compromise through RCE.
Prioritized remediation: Update to the latest version of Content Egg – Affiliate Product Importer & Price Comparison plugin immediately.

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NVD description

The Content Egg – Affiliate Product Importer & Price Comparison plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Arbitrary File Deletion via Path Traversal in versions up to and including 11.3.0. This is due to insufficient validation of the 'img_file' field within the cegg_data post metadata: the value passes only through wp_strip_all_tags() (which does not strip path traversal sequences), is stored directly in post meta, and is later concatenated without normalization into a filesystem path in getFullImgPath() before being passed to PHP's unlink(). This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with author-level access and above, to delete arbitrary files on the affected site's server which may make remote code execution possible.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

CWE-22

All references

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