Vulnerability · Published Aug 1, 2026 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2026-18352User Access Manager <= 2.3.15 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Read via 'uamgetfile' Parameter
High 7.5
In plain English
A high-severity path traversal in User Access Manager from gm_alex. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.0% (higher than 63% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
The User Access Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Directory Traversal in all versions up to, and including, 2.3.15 via the 'uamgetfile' parameter parameter. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to read the contents of arbitrary files on the server, which can contain sensitive information. This is possible because when attachment_url_to_postid() returns 0 for a traversal path, the plugin falls back to the global post set by a valid ?attachment_id parameter supplied by the attacker, causing the access check to pass against a legitimate public attachment while the file streamed is the attacker-chosen path.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| gm_alex | User Access Manager | 0 – through 2.3.15 |
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/4e88efe0-ffad-4d66-bb03-3f3a9dcbe5b1?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/user-access-manager/tags/2.3.14/src/UserAccessManager.php%3A512-516
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/user-access-manager/tags/2.3.14/src/Controller/BaseControllerTrait.php%3A22-50
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/user-access-manager/tags/2.3.14/src/Controller/Frontend/RedirectController.php%3A50-99%2C119-141%2C245-252
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/user-access-manager/tags/2.3.14/src/File/FileHandler.php%3A79-124%2C270-294
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3628895/user-access-manager