CVE-2026-2500 PUBLISHED

Quick Playground <= 1.3.4 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Arbitrary File Read via 'filename' Parameter

Assigner: Wordfence
Reserved: 13.02.2026 Published: 06.06.2026 Updated: 06.06.2026

The Quick Playground plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Path Traversal in all versions up to, and including, 1.3.4. This is due to the qckply_data() function passing the user-supplied filename POST parameter directly to file_get_contents() without any validation, sanitization, or path restriction. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Administrator-level access and above, to read arbitrary files on the server, such as wp-config.php or /etc/passwd, which can contain sensitive information. Note: This vulnerability is only exploitable when the site has been synced with WordPress Playground (the is_qckply_clone option is set) or when running on playground.wordpress.net.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS Score: 4.4

Product Status

Vendor davidfcarr
Product Quick Playground
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 0 to 1.3.4 (incl.)

Credits

  • Pablo Santiago finder

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') CWE