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  "title": "CVE of the day — CVE-2026-16940 (CVSS 10,0, critical)",
  "language": "en",
  "published": "2026-08-07T01:02:48.699Z",
  "modified": "2026-08-07T01:02:48.699Z",
  "summary": "CVE-2026-16940: critical vulnerability, CVSS 10,0/10, path traversal type, exploitable remotely, without privileges, without user interaction. The Custom Fields WordPress plugin before 1.5.1 does not validate to user-supplied file path before deletion, allowing unauthenticated users to delete arbitrary..",
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    "CVE-2026- 16940 — CVE-2026-16940: Critical gravity, CVSS score 10,0 out of 10 according to the National Vulnerability Database.",
    "Path traversal — The Custom Fields WordPress plugin before 1.5.1 does not validate to user-supplied file path before deletion, allowing unauthenticated users to delete arbitrary files on the server (such as wp-config. php), which can lead..",
    "Exposure and mitigation — Remotely exploitable Vulnerability, without privileges, without user interaction. Apply the update of the supplier promptly and consult the official notice on NVD."
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  "transcript": "CVE-2026-16940: Critical gravity, CVSS score 10,0 out of 10 according to the National Vulnerability Database. The Custom Fields WordPress plugin before 1.5.1 does not validate to user-supplied file path before deletion, allowing unauthenticated users to delete arbitrary files on the server (such as wp-config. php), which can lead.. Remotely exploitable Vulnerability, without privileges, without user interaction. Apply the update of the supplier promptly and consult the official notice on NVD.",
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