{"answers":{"affected":"","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-16585 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2026-16585 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2026-16585 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in wordplus Better Messages – Chat Rooms, Group Chat, Private Messages \u0026 AI Chat Bots, published on 28 Jul 2026. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2026-16585 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2026-16585 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in wordplus Better Messages – Chat Rooms, Group Chat, Private Messages \u0026 AI Chat Bots, published on 28 Jul 2026. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-16585 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: wordplus Better Messages – Chat Rooms, Group Chat, Private Messages \u0026 AI Chat Bots. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-16585/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-16585/index.md)","id":"CVE-2026-16585","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-16585/index.md","name":"CVE-2026-16585","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-6fr4-j24c-qcq7"],"analysis":{"component_type":"cms_plugin","fix_type":"upgrade","impacts":["data_modify","code_execution"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"WordPress plugin","requires_auth":"high_privilege","summary":"Administrators can delete arbitrary files via path traversal, potentially leading to remote code execution.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"path_traversal"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"Wordfence","cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":7.2,"severity":"high","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-22","name":"Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory"}],"description":"The Better Messages – Chat Rooms, Group Chat, Private Messages \u0026 AI Chat Bots plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file deletion due to insufficient file path validation in the delete_sticker function in all versions up to, and including, 2.15.19. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level access and above, to delete arbitrary files on the server, which can easily lead to remote code execution when the right file is deleted (such as wp-config.php). The prefix check intended to restrict deletion to the uploads directory can be bypassed by crafting a URL that begins with the legitimate uploads base URL but embeds ../ traversal sequences in the path portion, as the normalize_sticker function only applies esc_url_raw(), which does not strip ../ sequences, allowing the traversal payload to be stored verbatim in WordPress options.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"Path traversal in Better Messages – Chat Rooms, Group Chat, Private Messages \u0026 AI Chat Bots","id":"CVE-2026-16585","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"path_traversal","year":"2026"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":6,"next":{"headline":"SQL injection in Contest Gallery – Upload \u0026 Vote Photos, Media, Sell with PayPal \u0026 Stripe","id":"CVE-2026-16586"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"AWS API MCP Server Security Policy Bypass via Startup Failure","id":"CVE-2026-16584"},"products":["Better Messages – Chat Rooms, Group Chat, Private Messages \u0026 AI Chat Bots"],"published":"2026-07-28","related":[],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"no","exploitation":"none","technical_impact":"total"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-07-28","vendors":["wordplus"]},"summary":"Administrators can delete arbitrary files via path traversal, potentially leading to remote code execution.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-16585/"}