CVE-2026-11563 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The Word Count and Social Shares WordPress plugin through 1.0 does not validate a user-supplied file path before deletion, nor does it have proper authorization or CSRF checks, allowing any authenticated user, such as a Subscriber, to delete arbitrary files on the server, which can lead to a full site takeover (e.g. by deleting wp-config.php).

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

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References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/7f4b5f16-6c31-4dcc-94a4-120cb45631bb/

History

Wed, 29 Jul 2026 06:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses	CWE-20 CWE-284 CWE-352

Sat, 25 Jul 2026 15:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-20 CWE-284 CWE-352

Wed, 22 Jul 2026 10:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses	CWE-22 CWE-284 CWE-352

Thu, 16 Jul 2026 08:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-22 CWE-284 CWE-352

Tue, 14 Jul 2026 14:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 9.6, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H'}` ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Tue, 14 Jul 2026 06:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		The Word Count and Social Shares WordPress plugin through 1.0 does not validate a user-supplied file path before deletion, nor does it have proper authorization or CSRF checks, allowing any authenticated user, such as a Subscriber, to delete arbitrary files on the server, which can lead to a full site takeover (e.g. by deleting wp-config.php).
Title		Word Count and Social Shares <= 1.0 - Subscriber+ Arbitrary File Deletion via Path Traversal
References		https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/7f4b5f16-6c31-4dcc-94a4-120cb45631bb/

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2026-07-14T06:00:02.086Z

Updated: 2026-07-14T13:04:45.925Z

Reserved: 2026-06-08T07:57:39.644Z

Link: CVE-2026-11563

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-07-14T13:04:42.199Z

NVD

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Redhat

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