CVE-2026-9616
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Authorization Bypass in Generate Security.txt WordPress Plugin

Publication date: 2026-06-24

Last updated on: 2026-06-24

Assigner: Wordfence

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.

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Published
2026-06-24
Last Modified
2026-06-24
Generated
2026-07-14
AI Q&A
2026-06-24
EPSS Evaluated
2026-07-13
NVD
CVE-2026-9616
EUVD
EUVD-2026-38675

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Vendor Product Version / Range
wordfence generate_securitytxt to 1.0.12 (inc)

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CWE ID Description
CWE-862 The product does not perform an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action.

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Executive Summary

The Generate Security.txt plugin for WordPress has an authorization bypass vulnerability in all versions up to and including 1.0.12. This occurs because the plugin does not properly verify whether a user is authorized to perform certain actions.

As a result, authenticated users with subscriber-level access or higher can exploit this flaw to delete the site's security.txt file or create the .well-known directory by directly invoking specific AJAX actions.

Impact Analysis

This vulnerability allows attackers with low-level authenticated access to delete the security.txt file or create directories on the server without proper authorization.

Deleting the security.txt file could remove important security contact information, potentially hindering vulnerability reporting or security communication.

Unauthorized creation of directories could be used to facilitate further attacks or unauthorized modifications on the server.

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