CVE-2026-9616 Missing authorization in Generate Security.txt
Authenticated subscribers can delete the site's security.txt file or create the .well-known directory due to missing authorization checks in AJAX actions.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2026-9616?
CVE-2026-9616 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in verenigingvanregistrars Generate Security.txt, published on 24 Jun 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Generate Security.txt plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.12. This is due to the plugin not properly verifying that a user is authorized to perform an action. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to delete the site's security.txt file from the server filesystem or create the .well-known directory by directly invoking the delete_securitytxt or create_wellknown_folder AJAX actions.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-9616?
How do I fix CVE-2026-9616?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-9616 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2026-9616 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-9616 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-4vqg-xgxp-xqgh.