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WordPress Plugin: arforms: CVE-2019-16902: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P)
Published
Oct 11, 2019
Added
May 15, 2025
Modified
Apr 30, 2026

Description

In the ARforms plugin 3.7.1 for WordPress, arf_delete_file in arformcontroller.php allows unauthenticated deletion of an arbitrary file by supplying the full pathname.

Solution

arforms-plugin-cve-2019-16902
Title
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