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CVE-2026-4351 — Perfmatters [perfmatters] < 2.6.0

CVE Vulnerability Type Severity Affected Fixed in Published Status
CVE-2026-4351 Perfmatters [perfmatters] < 2.6.0 Unknown < 2.6.0 2.6.0 0000-00-00

CVE-2026-4351

The Perfmatters plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file overwrite via path traversal in all versions up to, and including, 2.5.9. This is due to the `PMCS::action_handler()` method processing the bulk action `activate`/`deactivate` handlers without any authorization check or nonce verification. The `$_GET['snippets'][]` values are passed unsanitized to `Snippet::activate()`/`Snippet::deactivate()` which call `Snippet::update()` then `file_put_contents()` with the traversed path. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to overwrite arbitrary files on the server with a fixed PHP docblock content, potentially causing denial of service by corrupting critical files like `.htaccess` or `index.php`.

Source: Wordfence

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