CVE Explorer
CVE-2026-5436
The MW WP Form plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Arbitrary File Move/Read in all versions up to and including 5.1.1. This is due to insufficient validation of the $name parameter (upload field key) passed to the generate_user_file_dirpath() function, which uses WordPress's path_join() — a function that returns absolute paths unchanged, discarding the intended base directory. The attacker-controlled key is injected via the mwf_upload_files[] POST parameter, which is loaded into the plugin's D
Known exploited
Not asserted
Disputed
No
Stale source
No
Conflicts
0
Affected products and versions
1 source assertion{"defaultStatus":"unaffected","product":"MW WP Form","vendor":"inc2734","versions":[{"lessThanOrEqual":"5.1.1","status":"affected","version":"0","versionType":"semver"}]}
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Provider-owned CVSS observations
1 source assertion{"metric":{"baseScore":8.1,"baseSeverity":"HIGH","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"metric_type":"cvssV3_1"}
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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"}
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Source references
5 source assertions{"url":"https://github.com/web-soudan/mw-wp-form/commit/f872ab18ca670f5867b2241745daa30cd0fab861"}
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{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/mw-wp-form/tags/5.1.1/classes/models/class.data.php#L591"}
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{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/mw-wp-form/tags/5.1.1/classes/models/class.directory.php#L138"}
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{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3501261/mw-wp-form"}
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{"url":"https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/bc308993-7fc5-41db-a396-f05e95fe47b8?source=cve"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:a86dd8335982ad922eab86d6f8dd8734ab67c22a8857c54bcbccbd349eb29121 · sha256:ab3d68cbadf0c04c… · /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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