{"cve":"CVE-2026-9616","nvd":{"published":"2026-06-24T07:16:29.730","modified":"2026-06-25T13:26:11.740","status":"Deferred","description":"The Generate Security.txt plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.12. This is due to the plugin not properly verifying that a user is authorized to perform an action. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to delete the site's security.txt file from the server filesystem or create the .well-known directory by directly invoking the delete_securitytxt or create_wellknown_folder AJAX actions.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N","score":4.3},"cwes":["CWE-862"],"references":["https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/generate-security-txt/tags/1.0.11/admin/class-generate-security-txt-admin.php#L174","https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/generate-security-txt/tags/1.0.11/admin/class-generate-security-txt-admin.php#L1930","https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/generate-security-txt/tags/1.0.11/admin/class-generate-security-txt-admin.php#L1963","https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/generate-security-txt/tags/1.0.12/admin/class-generate-security-txt-admin.php#L174","https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/generate-security-txt/tags/1.0.12/admin/class-generate-security-txt-admin.php#L1930"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:41:17.107060303+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-9616","score":0.00394,"percentile":0.33616,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}