CVE-2026-9062

Agile Store Locator <= 1.6.8 - Authenticated (Admin+) Arbitrary File Read

2026-05-23 00:00
Abisheik M

Strategic Overview

Status
Patched in 1.6.9
Affected Plugin
Agile Store Locator
Affected Version
<= 1.6.8
CVSS
4.9Medium
Weakness type
CWE-22 · Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
CVE
CVE-2026-9062
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At a glance

CVE-2026-9062 is a medium-severity Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in the Agile Store Locator WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 1.6.8. It carries a CVSS score of 4.9 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity; high confidentiality impact). Exploitation requires an authenticated account at Admin level or above. The issue is fixed in version 1.6.9; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed May 2026, reported by Abisheik M.

Vulnerability Overview

The Agile Store Locator plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Arbitrary File Read in versions up to, and including, 1.6.8. This is due to missing validation of user-supplied template and section parameters before constructing and reading file paths with file_get_contents, allowing directory traversal outside the intended view directory. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with admin-level access and above, to read arbitrary files from the server by supplying path-traversal sequences in the template section parameter passed to file_get_contents.

Technical Analysis

The vector marks this flaw as remotely reachable over the network, with low attack complexity — no special timing or configuration is needed, and no interaction from a victim user. A successful exploit has high impact on confidentiality.

CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

Reaching this weakness in Agile Store Locator <= 1.6.8 takes an account at Admin level or above. Path traversal happens when user-controlled text is used to build a filesystem path without being constrained to an intended directory, so sequences like ../ walk the resolved path somewhere else.

Depending on the operation, it means reading files outside the intended folder — wp-config.php being the usual target — or writing to and deleting paths the web server can touch. For Agile Store Locator the fix is 1.6.9: builds <= 1.6.8 are affected, anything from 1.6.9 onward is not.

Remediation

Update to version 1.6.9, or a newer patched version

How does WordSec protect against this?

An attacker needs Admin access first, so the firewall sees the attempt as traffic from a logged-in account: WordSec's web application firewall inspects request payloads before WordPress loads them. None of that substitutes for the fix: Agile Store Locator 1.6.9 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.

  • Firewall
  • Alerts

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-9062https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/84bad995-e653-46d6-96ff-e41cbac29b01https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-9062

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