Content Egg <= 11.3.0 - Authenticated (Author+) Arbitrary File Deletion
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
The Content Egg – Affiliate Product Importer & Price Comparison plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Arbitrary File Deletion via Path Traversal in versions up to and including 11.3.0. This is due to insufficient validation of the 'img_file' field within the cegg_data post metadata: the value passes only through wp_strip_all_tags() (which does not strip path traversal sequences), is stored directly in post meta, and is later concatenated without normalization into a filesystem path in getFullImgPath() before being passed to PHP's unlink(). This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with author-level access and above, to delete arbitrary files on the affected site's server which may make remote code execution possible.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| keywordrush | Content Egg – Affiliate Product Importer & Price Comparison | up to 11.3.0 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- Content Egg – Affiliate Product Importer & Price Comparison Vendorkeywordrush Affected up to 11.3.0 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-15979
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-f2px-gwpw-v7cp
References
Other 10
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/bc1600b9-b590-47ca-b2d9-d521381da541?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/content-egg/tags/11.3.0/application/helpers/ImageHelper.php#L149
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/content-egg/tags/11.3.0/application/components/ContentManager.php#L161
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/content-egg/tags/11.3.0/application/admin/EggMetabox.php#L372
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/content-egg/tags/11.3.0/application/components/ContentManager.php#L200
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/content-egg/tags/11.2.0/application/helpers/ImageHelper.php#L149
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/content-egg/tags/11.2.0/application/components/ContentManager.php#L161
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/content-egg/tags/11.2.0/application/admin/EggMetabox.php#L372
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/content-egg/tags/11.2.0/application/components/ContentManager.php#L200
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&new=3610612%40content-egg%2Ftrunk%2Fapplication%2Fhelpers%2FImageHelper.php&old=3514579%40content-egg%2Ftrunk%2Fapplication%2Fhelpers%2FImageHelper.php
More keywordrush vulnerabilities
- TI-2022-09486 WordPress Content Egg plugin <= 5.4.0 - Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2026-85484 Content Egg WordPress plugin leaks data from unpublished posts CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.9
- TI-2026-63894 WordPress Content Egg plugin <= 6.3.1 - PHP Object Injection vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.2
- TI-2025-30033 WordPress Content Egg plugin <= 7.0.0 - PHP Object Injection Vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.2
- TI-2022-00352 Content Egg < 5.3.0 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
- TI-2026-82936 Content Egg lets authors create posts attributed to administrators CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.3
Sources
- CVE-2026-15979 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-15979 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-f2px-gwpw-v7cp · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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