CVE Explorer
CVE-2026-40779
Contributor Arbitrary File Deletion in Link Library <= 7.8.8 versions.
Known exploited
Not asserted
Disputed
No
Stale source
No
Conflicts
0
Affected products and versions
1 source assertion{"collectionURL":"https://wordpress.org/plugins","defaultStatus":"unaffected","packageName":"link-library","product":"Link Library","vendor":"Yannick Lefebvre","versions":[{"changes":[{"at":"7.8.9","status":"unaffected"}],"lessThanOrEqual":"7.8.8","status":"affected","version":"n/a","versionType":"custom"}]}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5affectedurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:ec9f8a2bada6346f64d11ef3558544f22e868fb27003ff734901f6002a579ce8 · sha256:a6123190b159b4f8… · /containers/cna/affected/0
Provider-owned CVSS observations
1 source assertion{"metric":{"attackComplexity":"LOW","attackVector":"NETWORK","availabilityImpact":"HIGH","baseScore":7.7,"baseSeverity":"HIGH","confidentialityImpact":"NONE","integrityImpact":"NONE","privilegesRequired":"LOW","scope":"CHANGED","userInteraction":"NONE","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H","version":"3.1"},"metric_type":"cvssV3_1"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cvssurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:ec9f8a2bada6346f64d11ef3558544f22e868fb27003ff734901f6002a579ce8 · sha256:a6123190b159b4f8… · /containers/cna/metrics/0/cvssV3_1
CWE assertions
1 source assertion{"cweId":"CWE-22","description":"CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cweurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:ec9f8a2bada6346f64d11ef3558544f22e868fb27003ff734901f6002a579ce8 · sha256:a6123190b159b4f8… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0
Source references
1 source assertion{"tags":["vdb-entry"],"url":"https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/link-library/vulnerability/wordpress-link-library-plugin-7-8-8-arbitrary-file-deletion-vulnerability?_s_id=cve"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:ec9f8a2bada6346f64d11ef3558544f22e868fb27003ff734901f6002a579ce8 · sha256:a6123190b159b4f8… · /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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