WordPress Instant VA theme <= 1.0.1 - Arbitrary File Deletion vulnerability

published 2026-03-25 7 mo ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2026-15578

cvss: 7.7; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.3%; EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 27%
public exploits: 0; none known

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in designingmedia Instant VA instantva allows Path Traversal.This issue affects Instant VA: from n/a through <= 1.0.1.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

designingmedia Instant VA 1.0.2

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 7 mo ago (2026-03-26)

Exploit prediction

0.34% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 27% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	7.7	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected products

designingmedia Instant VA

Classification

Weakness

CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory

Technology feeds

WordPress rss critical rss

References

patchstack.com /database/Wordpress/Theme/instantva/vulnerability/wordpress-instant-va-theme-1-0-1-arbitrary-file-deletion-vul
vdb-entry

Sources

CVE List CVE-2026-24969
NVD CVE-2026-24969

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Summary