FKIE_CVE-2026-3141

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-08-01 06:16 - Updated: 2026-08-03 18:16
Severity
9.1 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
Summary
The FormGent plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized arbitrary file deletion due to a missing capability check on the /wp-json/formgent/responses/attachments REST API endpoint in all versions up to, and including, 1.9.2 This is due to the REST API route being registered without any authentication middleware in routes/rest/api.php. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to delete arbitrary files within the formgent uploads directory. Additionally, on Linux servers where the wp-content/uploads/formgent directory does not yet exist (the default state after plugin installation), the path traversal protection can be bypassed, enabling deletion of arbitrary files including wp-config.php which can lead to complete site takeover via a fresh WordPress installation.
References
security@wordfence.comhttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/formgent/tags/1.3.1/app/Http/Controllers/AttachmentController.php#L59
security@wordfence.comhttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/formgent/tags/1.3.1/routes/rest/api.php#L27
security@wordfence.comhttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/formgent/trunk/app/Http/Controllers/AttachmentController.php#L59
security@wordfence.comhttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/formgent/trunk/routes/rest/api.php#L27
security@wordfence.comhttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3604540/formgent/trunk/app/Http/Controllers/AttachmentController.php
security@wordfence.comhttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?old_path=%2Fformgent/tags/1.9.2&new_path=%2Fformgent/tags/1.10.0
security@wordfence.comhttps://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/097a9d0f-fa38-4fdc-9048-43dd65e7652c?source=cve
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
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