WordPress Link Library plugin <= 7.8.8 - Arbitrary File Deletion vulnerability
Priority LOW 34CWE-22Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Denial of service
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-22 and the CVSS impact.
Summary
Contributor Arbitrary File Deletion in Link Library <= 7.8.8 versions.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00327 25th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
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
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-40779
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-fgx4-f7jh-8whq
More jackdewey vulnerabilities
- TI-2022-03844 Link Library < 7.4.1 - Admin+ Stored XSS CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.8
- TI-2025-09688 Community Events <= 1.5.1 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2025-09687 Community Events <= 1.5.1 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2026-15433 Link Library <= 7.9.4 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Deletion via link_url Parameter CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
- TI-2026-24895 WordPress Modal Dialog plugin <= 3.5.16 - Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
- TI-2025-11599 Community Events <= 1.5.4 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
Sources
- CVE-2026-40779 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-40779 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-fgx4-f7jh-8whq · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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