Quick answers
- Is CVE-2026-14982 exploited in the wild?
- No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-14982 being exploited in the wild.
- How severe is CVE-2026-14982?
- High severity, with a CVSS score of 8.1, published 2 September 2026.
- Which products and versions are affected?
- JoomUnited WP File Download all versions.
- Is there a fix for CVE-2026-14982?
- No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.
- How is CVE-2026-14982 attacked?
- It is attacked over the network.
- Am I affected by CVE-2026-14982?
- Check whether you run JoomUnited WP File Download at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.
Technical details
The vulnerability stems from insufficient file path validation in the delete function, allowing path traversal attacks. The exploit operates in two stages: first, an attacker calls the file.save task to persist a path-traversal string into file metadata (lacking capability checks and nonce enforcement), then calls the file.delete task to trigger the unlink function on the traversed path. Any authenticated user with subscriber-level privileges or above can execute this attack. Successful deletion of sensitive files like wp-config.php can result in remote code execution or complete site compromise.
Affected products
- JoomUnited WP File Download all versions
Timeline
- 2026-09-02: disclosed