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CVE-2026-11563: Word Count and Social Shares <= 1.0 - Subscriber+ Arbitrary File Deletion via Path Traversal
- Severity: critical (CVSS 9.6 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2026-07-14 · updated 2026-07-14
Description
The Word Count and Social Shares WordPress plugin through 1.0 does not validate a user-supplied file path before deletion, nor does it have proper authorization or CSRF checks, allowing any authenticated user, such as a Subscriber, to delete arbitrary files on the server, which can lead to a full site takeover (e.g. by deleting wp-config.php).
Affected products
- Word Count and Social Shares: through 1.0
References
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