Vulnerability · Published Sep 11, 2026 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2026-19991UsersWP <= 1.2.70 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary File Deletion
High 8.1
In plain English
A high-severity path traversal in UsersWP – Front-end login form, User Registration, User Profile & Members Directory plugin for WP from stiofansisland. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.7% (higher than 51% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
The UsersWP plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Arbitrary File Deletion in versions up to, and including, 1.2.70 via the upload_file_remove() AJAX handler. The plugin stores the value of an account 'file' form field taken directly from $_POST when no real $_FILES upload is provided (process_account() calls uwp_validate_fields() and array_merges the result with the empty output of UsersWP_Files::validate_uploads()). At storage time the value is only checked with validate_file(), which passes any string that does not contain a literal '../'. When the value is later processed by upload_file_remove(), it is again gated with validate_file() and then normalized through uwp_get_file_relative_url(); that helper performs a global str_replace() of the uploads base URL against the stored URL, allowing a crafted URL containing embedded '..<uploads-baseurl>' tokens to collapse into '../../' traversal sequences after the last validation. The transformed value is then appended to the uploads base directory and passed to wp_delete_file() without any canonical containment check. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to delete arbitrary files on the affected site's server (including wp-config.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| stiofansisland | UsersWP – Front-end login form, User Registration, User Profile & Members Directory plugin for WP | 0 – through 1.2.70 |
Weakness: CWE-22 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/dfa094d3-e8db-4402-ad23-e161b1b6181e?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/userswp/tags/1.2.70/includes/class-forms.php#L2432
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/userswp/tags/1.2.70/includes/helpers/misc.php#L2107
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/userswp/tags/1.2.70/includes/class-forms.php#L2420
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/userswp/tags/1.2.70/includes/class-validation.php#L194
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/userswp/tags/1.2.70/includes/class-forms.php#L2076
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=3650759%40userswp%2Ftrunk&old=3618724%40userswp%2Ftrunk&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=