CVE-2026-81275

Youzify – BuddyPress Community, User Profile, Social Network & Membership Plugin for WordPress <= 1.3.7 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary File Read

2026-09-08 00:00
dodoh4t

Strategic Overview

Status
Unpatched
Affected Plugin
Youzify – BuddyPress Community, User Profile, Social Network & Membership Plugin for WordPress
Affected Version
<= 1.3.7
CVSS
6.5Medium
Weakness type
CWE-22 · Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
CVE
CVE-2026-81275
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At a glance

CVE-2026-81275 is a medium-severity Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in the Youzify WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 1.3.7. It carries a CVSS score of 6.5 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity; high confidentiality impact). Exploitation requires an authenticated account at Subscriber level or above. No fixed release has been reported yet; treat installations running this software as exposed. Disclosed September 2026, reported by dodoh4t.

Vulnerability Overview

The Youzify – BuddyPress Community, User Profile, Social Network & Membership Plugin for WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Arbitrary File Read in all versions up to, and including, 1.3.7. This is due to insufficient validation of a user supplied path. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to read arbitrary files on the server, including sensitive configuration files.

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 Youzify <= 1.3.7 takes an account at Subscriber 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. No fixed build of this plugin is recorded for Youzify yet, so installs running <= 1.3.7 stay exposed until the vendor ships one.

Remediation

No known patch available. Please review the vulnerability's details in depth and employ mitigations based on your organization's risk tolerance. It may be best to uninstall the affected software and find a replacement.

How does WordSec protect against this?

An attacker needs Subscriber 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. No patched version is recorded yet, which is the case where a filtering layer matters most, because there is nothing to update to.

  • Firewall
  • Alerts

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-81275https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/53ef2e77-e1b5-4421-a8e4-55302a4551b3https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-81275

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