CVE-2026-16230CWE-23

CVE-2026-16230

Critical · published August 12, 2026

CVSS v3.1
9.8
EPSS
1%
Percentile
51.6
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
9.8 · CRITICAL
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00674 · 51.6th percentile
Weakness
CWE-23 · Relative Path Traversal
Published
2026-08-12T00:17Z
References (3)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 11 AUG 19:37Z
    Formidable Digital Signatures <= 3.0.6 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Deletion via Signature Field
    cvelistv5