The Podlove Podcast Publisher plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file deletion due to insufficient file path validation in the create_link_item function in all versions up to, and including, 4.5.3. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to delete arbitrary files on the server, which can easily lead to remote code execution when the right file is deleted (such as wp-config.php). A viable POP chain exists within the plugin itself via Podlove\ImageCache\GenerationGuard, whose __destruct() method invokes wp_delete_file() with an attacker-controlled file path populated through unserialization.
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Wordfence
Published: 2026-08-16T04:24:51.333Z
Updated: 2026-08-17T15:42:32.010Z
Reserved: 2026-07-17T14:21:10.469Z
Link: CVE-2026-16099
Updated: 2026-08-17T15:42:27.484Z
Status : Received
Published: 2026-08-16T05:16:47.780
Modified: 2026-08-17T16:16:50.930
Link: CVE-2026-16099
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