CVE-2026-3243

high

Description

The Advanced Members for ACF plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file deletion due to insufficient file path validation in the create_crop function in all versions up to, and including, 1.2.5. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to delete arbitrary files on the server, which can easily lead to remote code execution when the right file is deleted (such as wp-config.php). The vulnerability was partially patched in version 1.2.5.

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/22b63369-c6ea-42e9-bea3-d15837da7732?source=cve

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3492372/

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3479725/

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/advanced-members/trunk/core/modules/class-avatar.php#L710

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/advanced-members/tags/1.2.4/core/modules/class-avatar.php#L57

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/advanced-members/tags/1.2.4/core/modules/class-avatar.php#L266

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-04-08

Updated: 2026-04-08

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00339