{"id":"CVE-2026-101889","state":"PUBLISHED","title":"Prime Mover < 2.2.1 Path Traversal via wprime-config.json","description":"The Prime Mover plugin for WordPress before 2.2.1 contains a path traversal vulnerability that allows authenticated administrators to delete arbitrary directories by importing a crafted WPRIME/TAR package with manipulated tar_root_folder values in wprime-config.json. Attackers can exploit insufficient path validation in computeExtractVariables() and validateImportedSiteVsPackage() to cause primeMoverDoDelete() to remove directories outside the intended extraction path, potentially deleting critical WordPress directories such as wp-admin and rendering the site inoperable.","publishedAt":"2026-10-01T16:20:54.762Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-01T21:44:57.359Z","severity":{"score":7,"label":"High","version":"4.0","vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","source":"VulnCheck"},"assigner":"VulnCheck","products":["Codexonics Prime Mover"],"affected":[{"vendor":"Codexonics","product":"Prime Mover","defaultStatus":"unaffected","versions":[{"version":"0","status":"affected","lessThan":"2.2.1","versionType":"semver"}]}],"references":["https://wordpress.org/plugins/prime-mover/#developers","https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/prime-mover-path-traversal-via-wprime-config-json"],"weaknesses":["CWE-22"],"ingestedAt":"2026-10-29T20:10:13.529Z","source":{"repository":"CVEProject/cvelistV5","path":"cves/2026/101xxx/CVE-2026-101889.json","commit":"556c9d3a8cd17e218bb8e452ba7cd619a384ff47"},"raw":{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.2","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2026-101889","state":"PUBLISHED","datePublished":"2026-10-01T16:20:54.762Z","dateUpdated":"2026-10-01T21:44:57.359Z","assignerShortName":"VulnCheck","assignerOrgId":"83251b91-4cc7-4094-a5c7-464a1b83ea10","dateReserved":"2026-09-28T15:44:45.390Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"title":"Prime Mover < 2.2.1 Path Traversal via wprime-config.json","descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"The Prime Mover plugin for WordPress before 2.2.1 contains a path traversal vulnerability that allows authenticated administrators to delete arbitrary directories by importing a crafted WPRIME/TAR package with manipulated tar_root_folder values in wprime-config.json. Attackers can exploit insufficient path validation in computeExtractVariables() and validateImportedSiteVsPackage() to cause primeMoverDoDelete() to remove directories outside the intended extraction path, potentially deleting critical WordPress directories such as wp-admin and rendering the site inoperable."}],"affected":[{"vendor":"Codexonics","product":"Prime Mover","defaultStatus":"unaffected","versions":[{"version":"0","status":"affected","lessThan":"2.2.1","versionType":"semver"}]}],"references":[{"url":"https://wordpress.org/plugins/prime-mover/#developers","name":"WordPress Changelog","tags":["release-notes","patch"]},{"url":"https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/prime-mover-path-traversal-via-wprime-config-json","tags":["third-party-advisory"]}],"metrics":[{"format":"CVSS","scenarios":[{"lang":"en","value":"GENERAL"}],"cvssV4_0":{"attackVector":"NETWORK","attackComplexity":"LOW","attackRequirements":"NONE","privilegesRequired":"HIGH","userInteraction":"NONE","vulnConfidentialityImpact":"NONE","subConfidentialityImpact":"NONE","vulnIntegrityImpact":"HIGH","subIntegrityImpact":"NONE","vulnAvailabilityImpact":"HIGH","subAvailabilityImpact":"NONE","exploitMaturity":"NOT_DEFINED","Safety":"NOT_DEFINED","Automatable":"NOT_DEFINED","Recovery":"NOT_DEFINED","valueDensity":"NOT_DEFINED","vulnerabilityResponseEffort":"NOT_DEFINED","providerUrgency":"NOT_DEFINED","version":"4.0","baseSeverity":"HIGH","baseScore":7,"vectorString":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N"}},{"format":"CVSS","scenarios":[{"lang":"en","value":"GENERAL"}],"cvssV3_1":{"attackVector":"NETWORK","attackComplexity":"LOW","privilegesRequired":"HIGH","userInteraction":"NONE","scope":"UNCHANGED","confidentialityImpact":"NONE","integrityImpact":"HIGH","availabilityImpact":"HIGH","version":"3.1","baseSeverity":"MEDIUM","baseScore":6.5,"vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H"}}],"problemTypes":[{"descriptions":[{"cweId":"CWE-22","lang":"en","description":"Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')","type":"CWE"}]}],"providerMetadata":{"shortName":"VulnCheck","orgId":"83251b91-4cc7-4094-a5c7-464a1b83ea10","dateUpdated":"2026-10-01T21:44:57.359Z"},"tags":["x_open-source"],"datePublic":"2026-09-14T00:00:00.000Z","cpeApplicability":[{"nodes":[{"operator":"OR","negate":false,"cpeMatch":[{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:a:codexonics:prime_mover:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*","versionEndExcluding":"2.2.1"}]}]}],"credits":[{"lang":"en","value":"Sarvar Eshboyev","type":"finder"}],"source":{"discovery":"UNKNOWN"},"x_generator":{"engine":"vulncheck"}},"adp":[{"title":"CISA ADP Vulnrichment","metrics":[{"other":{"type":"ssvc","content":{"timestamp":"2026-10-01T16:34:04.729612Z","id":"CVE-2026-101889","options":[{"Exploitation":"none"},{"Automatable":"no"},{"Technical Impact":"partial"}],"role":"CISA Coordinator","version":"2.0.3"}}}],"providerMetadata":{"shortName":"CISA-ADP","orgId":"134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0","dateUpdated":"2026-10-01T16:34:13.653Z"}}]}}}