# CVE-2026-6320: Path traversal in Salon Booking System – Free Version

> Unauthenticated attackers can read arbitrary local files and exfiltrate them via email attachments in the Salon Booking System WordPress plugin.

- **Severity:** High 7.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 2 May 2026
- **Updated:** 4 May 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-8hm5-pp9f-v67c

## What is CVE-2026-6320?

CVE-2026-6320 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in wordpresschef Salon Booking System – Free Version, published on 2 May 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Salon Booking System – Free Version plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Arbitrary File Read in versions up to, and including, 10.30.25. This is due to the public booking flow accepting attacker-controlled file-field values and later using those stored values as trusted paths for email attachments. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to read arbitrary local files and exfiltrate them via booking confirmation email attachments.

Weakness: CWE-22 (Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-6320?


## How do I fix CVE-2026-6320?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-6320 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2026-6320 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-6320 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-6320 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-6320 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in wordpresschef Salon Booking System – Free Version, published on 2 May 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-6320 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: wordpresschef Salon Booking System – Free Version. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. 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.
2. 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.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-6320/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-6320/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-6320
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-6320
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-6320

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-6320/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.