# CVE-2026-118043: CVE-2026-118043

Status: published. Published: 2026-10-31. Updated: 2026-11-01.

The Bulk Media Register WordPress plugin before 2.01 does not properly validate a user-supplied path before moving a file on the server, allowing users with the Author role to move or rename arbitrary files, including outside the WordPress root, which can defeat directory-level access controls and disclose protected files.

## Remediation

No remediation reported in collected sources

## Affected products and versions

Not reported in collected sources.

## Severity and prioritization

- CVSS 3.1: 7.2 (high); CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:L; source: NVD: 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

- CISA KEV: No listing in collected sources

- EPSS: Not available

- SSVC: exploitation none; automatable no; technical impact partial; source NVD SSVC: 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

- Weaknesses: CWE-22

## Exploit evidence

No exploit evidence in collected sources. This is not proof of no exploitation.

## References

- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/bcb6cb6b-d1bc-4c92-8c3b-4ad48348a2b1/ (contact@wpscan.com)

## Provenance

- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-118043; retrieved 2026-11-02; source updated 2026-11-01

Revision: 75a25b5f30dcf80b3d6908c466030c4c34d765871587b07a49ed9eec9c3b511d

Canonical: https://y2.dev/cve/CVE-2026-118043