Security Advisory

CVE-2026-4350

CVE vulnerability detail - eXtreme Datacenter Security Operations

Published 2026-04-03 07:41:57
Last updated 2026-04-08 16:54:37
Assigner Wordfence
CVSS score 8.1
State PUBLISHED

Description

The Perfmatters plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file deletion via path traversal in all versions up to, and including, 2.5.9.1. This is due to the `PMCS::action_handler()` method processing the `$_GET['delete']` parameter without any sanitization, authorization check, or nonce verification. The unsanitized filename is concatenated with the storage directory path and passed to `unlink()`. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to delete arbitrary files on the server by using `../` path traversal sequences, including `wp-config.php` which would force WordPress into the installation wizard and allow full site takeover.