# CVE-2026-13492: UsersWP \<= 1.2.65 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary File Deletion via File Upload Field

- Severity: CVSS 8.8 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-07-09 · Updated: 2026-07-09

## Affected

- stiofansisland UsersWP – Front-end login form, User Registration, User Profile & Members Directory plugin for WP: through 1.2.65

## Description

The UsersWP plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Arbitrary File Deletion in versions up to, and including, 1.2.65. This is due to insufficient validation of file-field values in the UsersWP_Validation::validate_fields() function (which falls through to sanitize_text_field() for fields of type 'file', leaving directory-traversal sequences intact) combined with the UsersWP_Forms::upload_file_remove() AJAX handler building the deletion target from the uploads basedir concatenated with the attacker-controlled metadata value without any realpath canonicalization or uploads-directory boundary check before calling unlink(). This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to delete arbitrary files on the affected site's server, including wp-config.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on stiofansisland UsersWP – Front-end login form, User Registration, User Profile & Members Directory plugin for WP, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b6cf6390-480f-44e2-ae36-67e3398add33?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/userswp/tags/1.2.65/includes/class-forms.php#L2323
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/userswp/tags/1.2.65/includes/class-forms.php#L2320
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/userswp/tags/1.2.65/includes/class-validation.php#L190
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/userswp/tags/1.2.65/includes/class-forms.php#L1059
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/userswp/tags/1.2.65/includes/class-forms.php#L1973
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3590340/userswp
- https://github.com/AyeCode/userswp/commit/ddb17ad30ff3384cda85c5f372db30b03bd45ac8

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