CVE-2026-22460 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in wpWax FormGent formgent allows Path Traversal.This issue affects FormGent: from n/a through <= 1.4.2.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Wordpress	Wordpress
Wpwax	Formgent

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References

Link	Providers
https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/formgent/vulnerability/wordpress-formgent-plugin-1-2-1-arbitrary-file-deletion-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

History

Mon, 09 Mar 2026 16:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 8.6, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H'}` ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Fri, 06 Mar 2026 15:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Wordpress Wordpress wordpress Wpwax Wpwax formgent
Vendors & Products		Wordpress Wordpress wordpress Wpwax Wpwax formgent

Thu, 05 Mar 2026 06:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in wpWax FormGent formgent allows Path Traversal.This issue affects FormGent: from n/a through <= 1.4.2.
Title		WordPress FormGent plugin <= 1.4.2 - Arbitrary File Deletion vulnerability
Weaknesses		CWE-22
References		https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/formgent/vulnerability/wordpress-formgent-plugin-1-2-1-arbitrary-file-deletion-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Patchstack

Published: 2026-03-05T05:53:45.703Z

Updated: 2026-03-09T15:52:36.513Z

Reserved: 2026-01-07T13:43:59.552Z

Link: CVE-2026-22460

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-03-09T15:50:55.681Z

NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-03-05T06:16:20.370

Modified: 2026-03-09T16:16:18.043

Link: CVE-2026-22460

Redhat

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