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CVE-2026-3243: Advanced Members for ACF <= 1.2.5 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary File Deletion via Path Traversal

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2026-04-08 · updated 2026-07-24
• Weakness: CWE-22

Description

The Advanced Members for ACF plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file deletion due to insufficient file path validation in the create_crop function in all versions up to, and including, 1.2.5. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to delete arbitrary files on the server, which can easily lead to remote code execution when the right file is deleted (such as wp-config.php). The vulnerability was partially patched in version 1.2.5.

Affected products

• danbilabs Advanced Members for ACF: through 1.2.5

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/advanced-members/tags/1.2.4/core/modules/class-avatar.php#L266
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/advanced-members/tags/1.2.4/core/modules/class-avatar.php#L57
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/advanced-members/trunk/core/modules/class-avatar.php#L710
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3479725/
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3492372/
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/22b63369-c6ea-42e9-bea3-d15837da7732?source=cve

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