CVE•Published 2026-08-11•Modified 2026-08-12•1 article on news•4 live references•NVD data
CVE-2026-16230
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
9.8
CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS percentile
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Weaknesses (CWE)
Description
The Formidable Digital Signatures plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to file deletion due to insufficient file path validation in the delete_file function in all versions up to, and including, 3.0.6. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to delete files on the server by supplying an attacker-controlled filename in the item_meta[field_id][content] parameter alongside the delete_saved_image flag during the standard entry-creation POST flow on any form that accepts anonymous submissions.
Timeline
Published 2026-08-11
Modified 2026-08-12
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-2026-16230Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2026-16230Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2026-16230Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2026-16230GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2026-16230" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.