{"id":"CVE-2026-76553","title":"The WP Import Export Lite WordPress plugin before 3.9.33 does not validate a path taken from stored, user-supplied data before recursively deleting the directory it resolves to, allowing users to whom an administrator has delegated a WP …","summary":"The WP Import Export Lite WordPress plugin before 3.9.33 does not validate a path taken from stored, user-supplied data before recursively deleting the directory it resolves to, allowing users to whom an administrator has delegated a WP …","severity":"medium","cvss":6.5,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H","cwe":["CWE-73"],"product":"WP Import Export Lite","affected":["wp_import_export_lite < 3.9.33"],"published":"2026-09-16","updated":"2026-09-17","sourceUpdated":"2026-09-17T13:16:46.120","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-76553","references":[{"url":"https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/cf4c5303-4efe-40b3-9ec0-5e6406b5ec9f/","label":"contact@wpscan.com"}],"tags":["nvd","cve.org"],"ssvc":{"exploitation":"none","automatable":"no","technicalImpact":"partial","timestamp":"2026-09-17T12:22:30.422364Z"},"epss":0.00422,"epssPercentile":0.36006,"ingestedAt":"2026-09-16T06:51:06.244Z","slug":"CVE-2026-76553","body":"## Overview\n\nThe WP Import Export Lite WordPress plugin before 3.9.33 does not validate a path taken from stored, user-supplied data before recursively deleting the directory it resolves to, allowing users to whom an administrator has delegated a WP Import Export Lite WordPress plugin before 3.9.33 capability to delete arbitrary directories, and every file within them, including outside the web root.\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"sunlit","depthScore":36,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":35.8,"likelihood":0.1,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[{"seq":205958,"id":"CVE-2026-76553","ts":1789651137491,"field":"cvss","old":null,"new":"6.5"},{"seq":205957,"id":"CVE-2026-76553","ts":1789651137491,"field":"severity","old":"none","new":"medium"}]}