Unauthenticated ZIP deletion via delmyzip path traversal
Published Aug 12, 2026 · Updated Aug 12, 2026
Path traversal in WP Photo Album Plus before 9.2.07.002 allows remote attackers to delete ZIP files through a public REST action. The delmyzip action builds the target path from the X-Forwarded-For header without validation or authorization, then deletes the resulting path with a forced .zip suffix. Exploitation requires the plugin's zips directory, an unmodified header reaching PHP, and a target ZIP file writable by the web-server process; traversal can reach outside the web root.
Summary
What happened
Path traversal in WP Photo Album Plus before 9.2.07.002 allows remote attackers to delete ZIP files through a public REST action. The delmyzip action builds the target path from the X-Forwarded-For header without validation or authorization, then deletes the resulting path with a forced .zip suffix. Exploitation requires the plugin's zips directory, an unmodified header reaching PHP, and a target ZIP file writable by the web-server process; traversal can reach outside the web root.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-18048
- Published
- Aug 12, 2026
- Updated
- Aug 12, 2026
- Vendor
- Jacob N. Breetvelt
- Product
- WP Photo Album Plus
- Classifications
- CWE-73, T1485
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Aug 12, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 12, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=0 <9.2.07.002
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Attacks
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Public exploit references
- WPScan delmyzip path-traversal proof of conceptfunctional · validated
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