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 intended directory through path traversal, which can disable other FunnelKit WordPress plugin before 3.15.0.6 or (denial of service).

EPSS: 0.003 (26.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.