01 Record
CVE-2026-15979
Content Egg <= 11.3.0 - Authenticated (Author+) Arbitrary File Deletion
HighPUBLISHEDCNA: Wordfence
CNA base score8.1 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
02 Description
Content Egg <= 11.3.0 - Authenticated (Author+) Arbitrary File Deletion
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.
- SSVC decision
- ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
- AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
- Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 1.21% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 68.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 8.1 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Deferred. NVD last modified this record on 2026-08-12.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2026-08-05 13:26Z2 MO AGO
- Last updated
- 2026-08-05 14:40Z2 MO AGO
- Reserved
- 2026-07-16
- Assigning CNA
- Wordfence
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- High (CVSS 8.1)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-22Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')Base
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- 4fc1dfd36ffc00acc69a655439b3e5be0a3724e65fcf362718223fcac50d0f08
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.wordfence.comhttps://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/bc1600b9-b590-47ca-b2d9-d521381da541?source=cve
- plugins.trac.wordpress.orghttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/content-egg/tags/11.3.0/application/helpers/ImageHelper.php#L149
- plugins.trac.wordpress.orghttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/content-egg/tags/11.3.0/application/components/ContentManager.php#L161
- plugins.trac.wordpress.orghttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/content-egg/tags/11.3.0/application/admin/EggMetabox.php#L372
- plugins.trac.wordpress.orghttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/content-egg/tags/11.3.0/application/components/ContentManager.php#L200
- plugins.trac.wordpress.orghttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/content-egg/tags/11.2.0/application/helpers/ImageHelper.php#L149
- plugins.trac.wordpress.orghttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/content-egg/tags/11.2.0/application/components/ContentManager.php#L161
- plugins.trac.wordpress.orghttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/content-egg/tags/11.2.0/application/admin/EggMetabox.php#L372
- plugins.trac.wordpress.orghttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/content-egg/tags/11.2.0/application/components/ContentManager.php#L200
- plugins.trac.wordpress.orghttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&new=3610612%40content-egg%2Ftrunk%2Fapplication%2Fhelpers%2FImageHelper.php&old=3514579%40content-egg%2Ftrunk%2Fapplication%2Fhelpers%2FImageHelper.php