CVE-2026-101889CWE-22path-traversal

CVE-2026-101889

Medium · published October 1, 2026

CVSS v3.1
6.5
EPSS
0%
Percentile
26.7
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

The Prime Mover plugin for WordPress before 2.2.1 contains a path traversal vulnerability that allows authenticated administrators to delete arbitrary directories by importing a crafted WPRIME/TAR package with manipulated tar_root_folder values in wprime-config.json. Attackers can exploit insufficient path validation in computeExtractVariables() and validateImportedSiteVsPackage() to cause primeMoverDoDelete() to remove directories outside the intended extraction path, potentially deleting critical WordPress directories such as wp-admin and rendering the site inoperable.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
6.5 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
7.0 · CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
EPSS
0.00345 · 26.7th percentile
Weakness
CWE-22 · Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
Published
2026-10-01T21:17Z
References (2)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 03 OCT 03:41Z
    EPSS moved — → 0%
    epss
  • 01 OCT 16:20Z
    Prime Mover < 2.2.1 Path Traversal via wprime-config.json
    cvelistv5