The WP Import Export Lite WordPress plugin before 3.9.33 does not validate a path taken from stored, user-supplied data before recursively deleting the directory it resolves to, allowing users to whom an administrator has delegated a WP Import Export Lite WordPress plugin before 3.9.33 capability to delete arbitrary directories, and every file within them, including outside the web root.
Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
| Vendor | Product | Default status | Versions | ||||||
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| Unknown | WP Import Export Lite | unaffected |
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Wed, 16 Sep 2026 06:15:00 +0000
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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| Description | The WP Import Export Lite WordPress plugin before 3.9.33 does not validate a path taken from stored, user-supplied data before recursively deleting the directory it resolves to, allowing users to whom an administrator has delegated a WP Import Export Lite WordPress plugin before 3.9.33 capability to delete arbitrary directories, and every file within them, including outside the web root. | |
| Title | WP Import Export Lite < 3.9.33 - Authenticated Arbitrary Directory Deletion via Template Path Traversal | |
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: WPScan
Published:
Updated: 2026-09-16T06:00:10.911Z
Reserved: 2026-08-19T12:52:35.815Z
Link: CVE-2026-76553
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NVD
Status : Received
Published: 2026-09-16T06:16:32.173
Modified: 2026-09-16T06:16:32.173
Link: CVE-2026-76553
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