CVE-2026-11563 (GCVE-0-2026-11563)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-07-14 06:00 – Updated: 2026-07-14 13:04
VLAI
Title
Word Count and Social Shares <= 1.0 - Subscriber+ Arbitrary File Deletion via Path Traversal
Summary
The Word Count and Social Shares WordPress plugin through 1.0 does not validate a user-supplied file path before deletion, nor does it have proper authorization or CSRF checks, allowing any authenticated user, such as a Subscriber, to delete arbitrary files on the server, which can lead to a full site takeover (e.g. by deleting wp-config.php).
Severity
9.6 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: poc Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/7f4b5f16-6c31-4d… exploitvdb-entrytechnical-description
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Unknown Word Count and Social Shares Affected: 0 , ≤ 1.0 (semver)
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Credits
Muni Nitish Kumar Yaddala WPScan
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