CVE-2026-19253

Cache Enabler < 1.8.17 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File and Directory Deletion via cache_enabler_clear_page_cache_by_url

Published Oct 1, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 8.7 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
The Cache Enabler WordPress plugin before 1.8.17 does not validate a URL before using it to build a filesystem path in its cache purge routine, and does not confine the resulting deletion to the cache directory, allowing unauthenticated users to delete arbitrary files and directories on sites where another installed Cache Enabler WordPress plugin before 1.8.17 or passes a request-derived URL to its public cache-clearing hook.

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History
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Wordpress-extensions
Wordpress-extensions cache Enabler
Vendors & Products Wordpress-extensions
Wordpress-extensions cache Enabler
Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-20
CWE-732
Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-73
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-20
CWE-732
Type Values Removed Values Added
Description The Cache Enabler WordPress plugin before 1.8.17 does not validate a URL before using it to build a filesystem path in its cache purge routine, and does not confine the resulting deletion to the cache directory, allowing unauthenticated users to delete arbitrary files and directories on sites where another installed Cache Enabler WordPress plugin before 1.8.17 or passes a request-derived URL to its public cache-clearing hook.
Title Cache Enabler < 1.8.17 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File and Directory Deletion via cache_enabler_clear_page_cache_by_url
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
WPScan
Published
Updated
Oct 1, 2026, 10:55 AM
Reserved
Aug 7, 2026, 1:24 PM
Status
Deferred
Published
Oct 1, 2026, 6:17 AM
Modified
Oct 1, 2026, 1:11 PM