WP Customer Area <= 8.3.4 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary File Read/Deletion via ajax_attach_file

8.8
Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
CVE CVE-2026-3464
CVSS 8.8 (High)
Publicly Published April 17, 2026
Last Updated April 17, 2026
Researcher shark3y

Description

The WP Customer Area plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file read and deletion due to insufficient file path validation in the 'ajax_attach_file' function in all versions up to, and including, 8.3.4. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with a role that an administrator grants access to (e.g., Subscriber) to to read the contents of arbitrary files on the server, which can contain sensitive information, or delete arbitrary files on the server, which can easily lead to remote code execution when the right file is deleted (such as wp-config.php).

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Vulnerability Details for WP Customer Area

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug customer-area (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 8.3.5, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 8.3.4
Patched Version
  • 8.3.5

Recent vulnerabilities in WP Customer Area

# Title CVE ID CVSS Researchers Date
1 WP Customer Area <= 8.3.5 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'type' Shortcode Attribute CVE-2026-7640 6.4 zaim July 13, 2026
2 WP Customer Area <= 8.3.4 - Authenticated (Custom+) Path Traversal CVE-2026-42661 5.3 iamlooper May 1, 2026
3 Customer Area < 8.3.4 - Unauthenticated Local File Inclusion CVE-2025-60201 8.1 LVT-tholv2k July 21, 2025
4 WP Customer Area <= 8.2.5 - Missing Authorization CVE-2025-49982 4.3 domiee13 June 19, 2025
5 WP Customer Area <= 8.2.4 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Event Log Deletion CVE-2024-12280 4.3 Krugov Artyom January 6, 2025
6 WP Customer Area <= 8.2.4 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Bulk Deletion CVE-2024-12436 4.3 Bob Matyas January 6, 2025
7 WP Customer Area <= 8.2.2 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting CVE-2024-0665 6.1 Krzysztof Zając January 23, 2024
8 WP Customer Area <= 8.2.0 - Insecure Direct Object Reference to Account Address Disclosure CVE-2023-6824 4.3 Krzysztof Zając January 10, 2024
9 WP Customer Area <= 8.2.1 - Insecure Direct Object Reference to Address Modification CVE-2023-6741 4.3 Krzysztof Zając January 10, 2024
10 WP Customer Area <= 8.1.3 - Cross-Site Request Forgery CVE-2022-4745 8.8 rezaduty January 17, 2023

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