CVE-2026-9290
WP User Manager <= 2.9.17 - Unauthenticated Path Traversal to Local File Inclusion via 'tab' Query Parameter
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 2.5%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 15% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
The WP User Manager – User Profile Builder & Membership plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Local File Inclusion in all versions up to, and including, 2.9.17 via the (profile template scope) function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to include and execute arbitrary .php files on the server, allowing the execution of any PHP code in those files. This can be used to bypass access controls, obtain sensitive data, or achieve code execution in cases where .php file types can be uploaded and included.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list a Nuclei template for it.
Show the exploits1
Nuclei templates1 template
- WP User Manager – User Profile Builder & Membership - Local File Inclusion (Nuclei template) (opens in a new tab)
http/cves/2026/CVE-2026-9290.yamlSeverity high
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
ID reserved
By Wordfence
- 14 days later
· 14 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)
- 2.5% · top 15% of all CVEs (11 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
wpusermanager · WP User Manager – User Profile Builder & Membership
- affected ≤ 2.9.17
References
References13
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/7a5e08d8-c6ef-42a3-9599-28c3bfb35017?source=cve (opens in a new tab)
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-user-manager/tags/2.9.17/templates/profile.php#L52 (opens in a new tab)
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-user-manager/tags/2.9.17/vendor-dist/gamajo/template-loader/class-gamajo-template-loader.php#L226 (opens in a new tab)
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-user-manager/tags/2.9.17/includes/functions.php#L955 (opens in a new tab)
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-user-manager/tags/2.9.17/vendor-dist/brain/cortex/src/Cortex/Router/Router.php#L183 (opens in a new tab)
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-user-manager/tags/2.9.17/includes/permalinks.php#L133 (opens in a new tab)
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-user-manager/tags/2.9.15/templates/profile.php#L52 (opens in a new tab)
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-user-manager/tags/2.9.15/vendor-dist/gamajo/template-loader/class-gamajo-template-loader.php#L226 (opens in a new tab)
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-user-manager/tags/2.9.15/includes/functions.php#L955 (opens in a new tab)
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-user-manager/tags/2.9.15/vendor-dist/brain/cortex/src/Cortex/Router/Router.php#L183 (opens in a new tab)
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-user-manager/tags/2.9.15/includes/permalinks.php#L133 (opens in a new tab)
- https://github.com/WPUserManager/wp-user-manager/pull/445 (opens in a new tab)
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3554574%40wp-user-manager&new=3554574%40wp-user-manager&sfp_email=&sfph_mail= (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-2026-34928 (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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