CVE-2026-89301rtMedia for WordPress, BuddyPress and bbPress <= 4.7.13 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Limited File Read/Disclosure and Limited File Deletion via Sideload via 'files[tmp_name]' Parameter
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 0.43%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 62% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
The rtMedia for WordPress, BuddyPress and bbPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to limited file deletion due to insufficient file path validation in the process function in all versions up to, and including, 4.7.13 This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to delete arbitrary safe files on the server.. The public nonce (rtmedia_upload_nonce) is emitted into frontend JavaScript on any page rendering the rtMedia gallery or upload shortcode, making it retrievable by unauthenticated visitors without any prior authentication or privileged action.
Timeline
ID reserved
By Wordfence
- 29 days later
· 29 days later
Published
- 1 day later
· 1 day later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| WordfenceCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Deferred | 3.1 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.43% · top 62% of all CVEs (13 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: partial
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Affected products
rtcamp · rtMedia for WordPress, BuddyPress and bbPress
- affected ≤ 4.7.13
References
References9
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/ea679227-5ab3-408b-ae1b-340099880789?source=cve (opens in a new tab)
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/buddypress-media/tags/4.7.13/app/main/controllers/upload/processors/RTMediaUploadFile.php#L91 (opens in a new tab)
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/buddypress-media/tags/4.7.13/app/main/controllers/upload/RTMediaUploadEndpoint.php#L85 (opens in a new tab)
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/buddypress-media/tags/4.7.13/app/main/controllers/upload/RTMediaUploadModel.php#L49 (opens in a new tab)
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/buddypress-media/tags/4.7.13/app/main/controllers/upload/processors/RTMediaUploadFile.php#L180 (opens in a new tab)
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/buddypress-media/tags/4.7.13/app/main/controllers/upload/processors/RTMediaUploadFile.php#L253 (opens in a new tab)
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/buddypress-media/tags/4.7.13/app/main/routers/RTMediaRouter.php#L120 (opens in a new tab)
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/buddypress-media/tags/4.7.13/app/main/controllers/shortcodes/RTMediaGalleryShortcode.php#L151 (opens in a new tab)
- https://github.com/rtCamp/rtMedia/releases/tag/4.7.14 (opens in a new tab)
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2026-96052 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2026-89301)Record last updated .