What is GHSA-5pg8-pjj5-p2wc?

GHSA-5pg8-pjj5-p2wc is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with Critical severity. The Word Count and Social Shares WordPress plugin through 1.0 does not validate a user-supplied...

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-5pg8-pjj5-p2wc cover?

GHSA-5pg8-pjj5-p2wc covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2026-11563. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-5pg8-pjj5-p2wc?

GHSA-5pg8-pjj5-p2wc has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.6, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

GHSA-5pg8-pjj5-p2wcCriticalCVSS 9.6

The Word Count and Social Shares WordPress plugin through 1.0 does not validate a user-supplied...

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

July 14, 2026

Last Modified

July 14, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2026-11563 →

📋 Description

The Word Count and Social Shares WordPress plugin through 1.0 does not validate a user-supplied file path before deletion, nor does it have proper authorization or CSRF checks, allowing any authenticated user, such as a Subscriber, to delete arbitrary files on the server, which can lead to a full site takeover (e.g. by deleting wp-config.php).

🔗 References (3)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-11563
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/7f4b5f16-6c31-4dcc-94a4-120cb45631bb
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-5pg8-pjj5-p2wc