What is CVE-2026-12979?

CVE-2026-12979 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Funnelkit, classified under External Control of File Name or Path. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2026-07-16.

How severe is CVE-2026-12979?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Funnelkit

CVE-2026-12979

The FunnelKit WordPress plugin before 3.15.0.6 does not validate a user-supplied path before deleting a file during a template-import operation, allowing users with administrator privileges to delete arbitrary .json files outside the inte…

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:L.

Affected products

Unknown Funnelkit — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-73 — External Control of File Name or Path

References

contact@wpscan.com (technical-description, exploit, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-12979?: CVE-2026-12979 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Funnelkit, classified under External Control of File Name or Path. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2026-07-16.
How severe is CVE-2026-12979?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.