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    2 vulnerabilities found for Better Messages – Chat Rooms, Group Chat, Private Messages & AI Chat Bots by wordplus

    CVE-2026-16585 (GCVE-0-2026-16585)

    Vulnerability from nvd – Published: 2026-07-28 05:39 – Updated: 2026-07-28 16:05
    VLAI
    Title
    Better Messages <= 2.15.19 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Arbitrary File Deletion via Path Traversal via 'file' Parameter
    Summary
    The Better Messages – Chat Rooms, Group Chat, Private Messages & AI Chat Bots plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file deletion due to insufficient file path validation in the delete_sticker function in all versions up to, and including, 2.15.19. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level access and above, to delete arbitrary files on the server, which can easily lead to remote code execution when the right file is deleted (such as wp-config.php). The prefix check intended to restrict deletion to the uploads directory can be bypassed by crafting a URL that begins with the legitimate uploads base URL but embeds ../ traversal sequences in the path portion, as the normalize_sticker function only applies esc_url_raw(), which does not strip ../ sequences, allowing the traversal payload to be stored verbatim in WordPress options.
    Severity
    7.2 (High)
    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    SSVC
    Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
    CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
    CWE
    • CWE-22 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
    Assigner
    References
    Impacted products
    Credits
    Wordfence PRISM
    Show details on NVD website
    To clipboard 

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    CVE-2026-16585 (GCVE-0-2026-16585)

    Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-07-28 05:39 – Updated: 2026-07-28 16:05
    VLAI
    Title
    Better Messages <= 2.15.19 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Arbitrary File Deletion via Path Traversal via 'file' Parameter
    Summary
    The Better Messages – Chat Rooms, Group Chat, Private Messages & AI Chat Bots plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file deletion due to insufficient file path validation in the delete_sticker function in all versions up to, and including, 2.15.19. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level access and above, to delete arbitrary files on the server, which can easily lead to remote code execution when the right file is deleted (such as wp-config.php). The prefix check intended to restrict deletion to the uploads directory can be bypassed by crafting a URL that begins with the legitimate uploads base URL but embeds ../ traversal sequences in the path portion, as the normalize_sticker function only applies esc_url_raw(), which does not strip ../ sequences, allowing the traversal payload to be stored verbatim in WordPress options.
    Severity
    7.2 (High)
    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    SSVC
    Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
    CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
    CWE
    • CWE-22 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
    Assigner
    References
    Impacted products
    Credits
    Wordfence PRISM
    Show details on NVD website
    To clipboard 

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