CVE•Published 2026-05-16•Modified 2026-05-18•1 article on news•6 live references•NVD data
CVE-2021-47979
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
8.8
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS percentile
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Weaknesses (CWE)
Description
WordPress Plugin Backup and Restore 1.0.3 contains an arbitrary file deletion vulnerability that allows authenticated attackers to delete files by manipulating parameters in AJAX requests. Attackers can send POST requests to admin-ajax.php with crafted file_name and folder_name parameters to delete arbitrary files from the WordPress installation directory.
Timeline
Published 2026-05-16
Modified 2026-05-18
External references
Search for exposed instances
Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).
More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2021-47979Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2021-47979Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2021-47979Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2021-47979GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2021-47979" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.
Known PoCs on GitHub
No public proof-of-concept repositories found for CVE-2021-47979 on GitHub.