CVE Explorer
CVE-2026-9616
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 ac
Known exploited
Not asserted
Disputed
No
Stale source
No
Conflicts
0
Affected products and versions
1 source assertion{"defaultStatus":"unaffected","product":"Generate Security.txt","vendor":"verenigingvanregistrars","versions":[{"lessThanOrEqual":"1.0.12","status":"affected","version":"0","versionType":"semver"}]}
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Provider-owned CVSS observations
1 source assertion{"metric":{"baseScore":4.3,"baseSeverity":"MEDIUM","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N","version":"3.1"},"metric_type":"cvssV3_1"}
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CWE assertions
1 source assertion{"cweId":"CWE-862","description":"CWE-862 Missing Authorization","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cweurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:ed33ce060c2963656508b8c8a10e952e820b8d817118cb84b5ebb0d77930fe1f · sha256:9f3879f90f35bc6a… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0
Source references
7 source assertions{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/generate-security-txt/tags/1.0.11/admin/class-generate-security-txt-admin.php#L174"}
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{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/generate-security-txt/tags/1.0.11/admin/class-generate-security-txt-admin.php#L1930"}
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{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/generate-security-txt/tags/1.0.11/admin/class-generate-security-txt-admin.php#L1963"}
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{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/generate-security-txt/tags/1.0.12/admin/class-generate-security-txt-admin.php#L174"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:ed33ce060c2963656508b8c8a10e952e820b8d817118cb84b5ebb0d77930fe1f · sha256:9f3879f90f35bc6a… · /containers/cna/references/3
{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/generate-security-txt/tags/1.0.12/admin/class-generate-security-txt-admin.php#L1930"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:ed33ce060c2963656508b8c8a10e952e820b8d817118cb84b5ebb0d77930fe1f · sha256:9f3879f90f35bc6a… · /containers/cna/references/2
{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/generate-security-txt/tags/1.0.12/admin/class-generate-security-txt-admin.php#L1963"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:ed33ce060c2963656508b8c8a10e952e820b8d817118cb84b5ebb0d77930fe1f · sha256:9f3879f90f35bc6a… · /containers/cna/references/1
{"url":"https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b8d88cc2-91e4-4e53-8c46-93d6ce8bc320?source=cve"}
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Attribution and limitations
- CVE Program CVEList V5: Reproduce the MITRE copyright designation and CVE license in copies. Source →
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