CVE-2026-118065
Advance Guest Post <= 1.9 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Attachment Deletion
- High 7.5
- A public exploit reference is listed
Description
The Advance Guest Post WordPress plugin through 1.9 does not perform any authorization or ownership check when deleting media attachments, relying only on a nonce exposed to every site visitor, allowing unauthenticated users to permanently delete arbitrary Media Library attachments and their files.
Key facts
- Published
- 13 Nov 2026
- Last changed
- 13 Nov 2026
- Assigned by
- WPScan
- EPSS
- 0.208% likely to be exploited in the next 30 days, higher than 11.032% of CVEs (scores for 15 Nov 2026)
- SSVC (CISA)
- Exploitation: none; Automatable: yes; Technical impact: partial
Severity scores
Each score is shown as its source gave it. They are not averaged or merged.
- 7.5CVSS 3.1, Highfrom CISA (ADP container)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Historical context and remediation
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No separately sourced impact summary is available on this page yet. Consult the description, version data and dated exploitation evidence.
No explicit remediation statement is available on this page yet. Consult the original record and vendor references before choosing a fix.
Version statuses below come from the CNA. An “unaffected” version is not necessarily a currently supported release or proof of a patch date. EPSS is a dated risk estimate, not a count of historical attacks.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Advance Guest Post |
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Timeline
- 13 Nov 2026 Published