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CVE-2026-79706: Breeze Cache < 2.5.13 - Unauthenticated File Creation via Cache Path Traversal
- Severity: medium (CVSS 5.3 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2026-08-28 · updated 2026-08-28
- Weakness: CWE-434
Description
The Breeze Cache WordPress plugin before 2.5.13 does not sanitise a value taken from the request before using it to build the paths of the files it caches, allowing unauthenticated attackers to create files at arbitrary locations on the server, outside the intended cache directory.
Affected products
- Breeze Cache: before 2.5.13 — fixed in 2.5.13
How to fix
Upgrade to a fixed version: Breeze Cache 2.5.13. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.
References
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