CVE-2026-12979 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The FunnelKit WordPress plugin before 3.15.0.6 does not validate a user-supplied path before deleting a file during a template-import operation, allowing users with administrator privileges to delete arbitrary .json files outside the intended directory through path traversal, which can disable other FunnelKit WordPress plugin before 3.15.0.6 or (denial of service).

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00139.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

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References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/d81ca171-65eb-484d-917f-f41b0cd20351/

History

Thu, 16 Jul 2026 13:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-73
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:L'}` ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Thu, 16 Jul 2026 06:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		The FunnelKit WordPress plugin before 3.15.0.6 does not validate a user-supplied path before deleting a file during a template-import operation, allowing users with administrator privileges to delete arbitrary .json files outside the intended directory through path traversal, which can disable other FunnelKit WordPress plugin before 3.15.0.6 or (denial of service).
Title		FunnelKit < 3.15.0.6 - Admin+ Arbitrary File Deletion via Path Traversal in Template Importer
References		https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/d81ca171-65eb-484d-917f-f41b0cd20351/

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2026-07-16T06:00:05.068Z

Updated: 2026-07-16T12:40:57.577Z

Reserved: 2026-06-23T10:56:14.346Z

Link: CVE-2026-12979

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-07-16T12:40:39.475Z

NVD

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Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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