Directory Listings WordPress plugin – uListing <= 2.2.0 — Authenticated (Editor+) Arbitrary File Download
CVE-2026-28078Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: ≤2.2.0No patch available
What to do until a fix ships- Severity
- Medium4.9
- CVSS
- 4.9CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:NWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:LAttack complexity- Low
PR:HPrivileges required- High
UI:NUser interaction- None
S:UScope- Unchanged
C:HConfidentiality- High
I:NIntegrity- None
A:NAvailability- None
- Weakness
- CWE-22 Path Traversal
- Required access
- Unknown
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
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Am I affected?
Directory Listings WordPress plugin – uListing ulisting
- Affected≤ 2.2.0
- PatchedNo fix yet
No patched version available.
You are affected if you run ≤ 2.2.0. No fixed version has been released.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under Directory Listings WordPress plugin – uListing.
- No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
What to do
- 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.
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch Directory Listings WordPress plugin – uListing to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to Trương Hữu Phúc (truonghuuphuc).
The Directory Listings WordPress plugin – uListing plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Directory Traversal in all versions up to, and including, 2.2.0. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Editor-level access and above, to read the contents of arbitrary files on the server, which can contain sensitive information.
Exploits & references
Proof-of-concept & detection
No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.
Advisories & patches
- Advisorywordfence.com
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Timeline
CVE published
Severity medium, CVSS 4.9
Record last updated
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Wordfence record- Vulnerability data
- Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
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