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BuddyPress XProfile Image Field <= 3.1.0 — Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Deletion via Signup Image Field Activation Handler

CVE-2026-120518Published · Updated

Action summary

Affected: ≤3.1.0No patch available

What to do until a fix ships
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Severity
Critical9.1
CVSS
9.1
CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
What does this vector mean?
AV:N Attack vector
Network
AC:L Attack complexity
Low
PR:N Privileges required
None
UI:N User interaction
None
S:U Scope
Unchanged
C:N Confidentiality
None
I:H Integrity
High
A:H Availability
High
Weakness
CWE-22 Path Traversal
Required access
No account needed
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
0.8% chance in 30 days56th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
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Am I affected?

BuddyPress XProfile Custom Image Field buddypress-xprofile-image-field

  1. Affected≤ 3.1.0
  2. PatchedNo fix yet

No patched version available.

You are affected if you run ≤ 3.1.0. No fixed version has been released.

  • Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under BuddyPress XProfile Custom Image Field.
  • No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
  • No account is needed to exploit this. Treat any exposed site on an affected version as at risk.

What to do

  1. No known patch available. Please review the vulnerability's details in depth and employ mitigations based on your organization's risk tolerance. It may be best to uninstall the affected software and find a replacement.
  2. Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
  3. Watch BuddyPress XProfile Custom Image Field to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.

Advisory

Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to jun2e0.

The BuddyPress XProfile Image Field plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file deletion in all versions up to, and including, 3.1.0. This is due to bpxp_image_field_update_on_user_activation() calling unlink() on a path built from visitor-supplied signup metadata with no realpath() resolution, no containment check against the profile-image directory and no extension allow-list. Submitting a zero-byte file with the 'field_N_hidden' parameter during registration makes the plugin store the raw value, which is then resolved against the document root when the pending signup is activated. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to delete arbitrary files on the server, which can easily lead to remote code execution when the right file (such as wp-config.php) is deleted. Requires open registration and an image-type profile field on the signup form.

Exploits & references

Proof-of-concept & detection

No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.

Advisories & patches

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Timeline

  1. CVE published

    Severity critical, CVSS 9.1

  2. Record last updated

Sources & licenses

Wordfence record
Vulnerability data
Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
CVE® identifiers
Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. Used under the CVE Program. CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation.
CVSS / CWE
National Vulnerability Database (NVD), shown unmodified. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
EPSS
Exploit Prediction Scoring System by FIRST.org.
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Summary, remediation guidance and page layout © VulnCrest. Not sourced from NVD.

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