CVE-2026-16099 PUBLISHED

Podlove Podcast Publisher <= 4.5.3 - Authenticated (Contributor+) PHP Object Injection to Arbitrary File Deletion via 'unfurl_data' Parameter

Assigner: Wordfence
Reserved: 17.07.2026 Published: 16.08.2026 Updated: 16.08.2026

The Podlove Podcast Publisher plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file deletion due to insufficient file path validation in the create_link_item function in all versions up to, and including, 4.5.3. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to 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). A viable POP chain exists within the plugin itself via Podlove\ImageCache\GenerationGuard, whose __destruct() method invokes wp_delete_file() with an attacker-controlled file path populated through unserialization.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS Score: 8.8

Product Status

Vendor eteubert
Product Podlove Podcast Publisher
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 0 to 4.5.3 (incl.)

Credits

  • Wordfence PRISM finder

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-502 Deserialization of Untrusted Data CWE