CVE Explorer
CVE-2026-12923
The Youtube Showcase plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Arbitrary Function Call in versions up to and including 4.0.3. This is due to insufficient validation of the 'path' parameter in the emd_delete_file() AJAX handler in includes/common-functions.php. The user-supplied value is passed through sanitize_text_field(), has its trailing '_PLUGIN_DIR' substring stripped, and is then invoked as a PHP function name with no arguments via `$sess_name()`. The handler is gated only by a nonce — no curr
Known exploited
Not asserted
Disputed
No
Stale source
No
Conflicts
0
Affected products and versions
1 source assertion{"defaultStatus":"unaffected","product":"Video Gallery – YouTube Gallery, Playlist & Video Grid","vendor":"emarket-design","versions":[{"lessThanOrEqual":"4.0.3","status":"affected","version":"0","versionType":"semver"}]}
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Provider-owned CVSS observations
1 source assertion{"metric":{"baseScore":7.5,"baseSeverity":"HIGH","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"metric_type":"cvssV3_1"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cvssurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:bec1ed207ae15142c0b58a3104301fef69b40902901fe47ac2633344e6001e99 · sha256:938dbd4e6f3ae105… · /containers/cna/metrics/0/cvssV3_1
CWE assertions
1 source assertion{"cweId":"CWE-98","description":"CWE-98 Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program ('PHP Remote File Inclusion')","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cweurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:bec1ed207ae15142c0b58a3104301fef69b40902901fe47ac2633344e6001e99 · sha256:938dbd4e6f3ae105… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0
Source references
5 source assertions{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/youtube-showcase/tags/4.0.3/includes/class-install-deactivate.php#L53"}
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{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/youtube-showcase/tags/4.0.3/includes/common-functions.php#L1067"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:bec1ed207ae15142c0b58a3104301fef69b40902901fe47ac2633344e6001e99 · sha256:938dbd4e6f3ae105… · /containers/cna/references/2
{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/youtube-showcase/tags/4.0.3/includes/common-functions.php#L1070"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:bec1ed207ae15142c0b58a3104301fef69b40902901fe47ac2633344e6001e99 · sha256:938dbd4e6f3ae105… · /containers/cna/references/1
{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3588198%40youtube-showcase&new=3588198%40youtube-showcase&sfp_email=&sfph_mail="}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:bec1ed207ae15142c0b58a3104301fef69b40902901fe47ac2633344e6001e99 · sha256:938dbd4e6f3ae105… · /containers/cna/references/4
{"url":"https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/be4743d5-e4ca-4579-84e2-5eb3ef0e274d?source=cve"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:bec1ed207ae15142c0b58a3104301fef69b40902901fe47ac2633344e6001e99 · sha256:938dbd4e6f3ae105… · /containers/cna/references/0
Attribution and limitations
- CVE Program CVEList V5: Reproduce the MITRE copyright designation and CVE license in copies. Source →
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