CVE•Published 2026-08-10•Modified 2026-08-26•1 article on news•7 live references•NVD data
CVE-2026-17540
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
22
Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 78% of all CVEs
Weaknesses (CWE)
Description
The File Manager WordPress plugin before 6.9.1 does not properly authorise its file management commands, allowing any authenticated user, such as a subscriber, to read and delete arbitrary files under the WordPress installation directory, which could lead to the disclosure of the site's configuration secrets and to denial of service.
Timeline
Published 2026-08-10
Modified 2026-08-26
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-2026-17540Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2026-17540Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2026-17540Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2026-17540GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2026-17540" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.