Path Traversal in Doctorwp Breaking News Wp
CVE-2026-4280
The Breaking News WP plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Local File Inclusion in all versions up to, and including, 1.3. This is due to the brnwp_ajax_form AJAX endpoint lacking both authorization checks and CSRF verification, combined w…
Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)
EPSS: 0.002 (37.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.
Affected products
- Doctorwp Breaking News Wp — versions 0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/4772b482-f5e5-4707-b012-aca70…
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/breaking-news-wp/trunk/breaking-news.php
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/breaking-news-wp/tags/1.3/breaking-news.php
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/breaking-news-wp/trunk/breaking-news.php
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/breaking-news-wp/tags/1.3/breaking-news.php
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/breaking-news-wp/trunk/breaking-news.php
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/breaking-news-wp/tags/1.3/breaking-news.php
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2026-4280?
- CVE-2026-4280 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Doctorwp Breaking News Wp, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2026-04-22.
- How severe is CVE-2026-4280?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.