Vulnerability · Published May 15, 2026 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2026-6403Quick Playground <= 1.3.3 - Unauthenticated Path Traversal to Arbitrary File Read via 'stylesheet' Parameter
High 7.5
In plain English
A high-severity path traversal in Quick Playground from davidfcarr. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.8% (higher than 57% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
The Quick Playground plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Path Traversal in versions up to and including 1.3.3. This is due to insufficient path validation in the qckply_zip_theme() function, which appends a user-controlled 'stylesheet' parameter directly to the theme root directory path without sanitizing directory traversal sequences. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to trigger the creation of a ZIP archive containing arbitrary files from the server's filesystem — including wp-config.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| davidfcarr | Quick Playground | 0 – through 1.3.3 |
Weakness: CWE-22 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a39dccb6-b635-44af-b0e0-c3010b719773?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/quick-playground/trunk/utility.php#L162
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/quick-playground/tags/1.3.1/utility.php#L162
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/quick-playground/trunk/api.php#L62
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/quick-playground/tags/1.3.1/api.php#L62
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/quick-playground/trunk/utility.php#L248
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/quick-playground/tags/1.3.1/utility.php#L248
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/quick-playground/trunk/api.php#L631
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/quick-playground/tags/1.3.1/api.php#L631
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3523317%40quick-playground&new=3523317%40quick-playground&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3514238%40quick-playground&new=3514238%40quick-playground&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=