CVE-2026-9616
Generate Security.txt <= 1.0.12 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Security.txt Deletion via delete_securitytxt AJAX Action
- Published
- Last modified
- Where the record stands: published, rejected by its publisher, or superseded by another id.What do these mean? →
- published
- Whether CISA lists it in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog: proof that attackers are using it.What do these mean? →
- Not listed in CISA KEV
- Whether working attack code is public (Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei or GitHub). Public code makes attacks easier.What do these mean? →
- None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
CISA's decision points: whether it is exploited, whether attacks can be automated, and how much control an attacker gets. Assessed (SSVC 2.0.3).What do these mean? →
- Exploitation: none
- Automatable: no
- Technical impact: partial
Summary
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.
Timeline
- CVE published
- CISA SSVC assessment
Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
- Record last updated
Affected versions
- verenigingvanregistrars Generate Security.txt
through 1.0.12
References 7
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
- browser/generate-security-txt/tags/1.0.12/admin/class-generate-security-txt-admin.php#L1963
- browser/generate-security-txt/tags/1.0.12/admin/class-generate-security-txt-admin.php#L1930
- browser/generate-security-txt/tags/1.0.12/admin/class-generate-security-txt-admin.php#L174
- browser/generate-security-txt/tags/1.0.11/admin/class-generate-security-txt-admin.php#L1963
- browser/generate-security-txt/tags/1.0.11/admin/class-generate-security-txt-admin.php#L1930
- browser/generate-security-txt/tags/1.0.11/admin/class-generate-security-txt-admin.php#L174