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CVE-2026-14490: CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') in deveasel Demi – One Click Demo Import, Backup & Site Migration

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VulnerabilityCVE-2026-14490cvecve-2026-14490cwe-22
Published: 07/28/2026 (07/28/2026, 05:39:42 UTC)
Source: CVE Database V5
Vendor/Project: deveasel
Product: Demi – One Click Demo Import, Backup & Site Migration

Description

The Demi – One Click Demo Import, WP Backup & Site Migration plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Arbitrary Directory Deletion in all versions up to, and including, 0.0.7. The vulnerability exists because the plugin stores its HMAC signing key and per-step restore token as dotfiles inside a publicly accessible subdirectory of the WordPress uploads folder — without any `.htaccess` or index file protection — and the `demi_restore_step` AJAX handler, registered for unauthenticated callers, explicitly accepts possession of the on-disk signing key as a standalone alternative to WordPress capability and nonce checks; an unauthenticated attacker who retrieves the exposed key can forge a valid signed state envelope to invoke `CleanDir::execute()` with a caller-supplied absolute path that is subject to no allow-list or path-canonicalization check. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to recursively delete arbitrary directories on the server.

CVSS v3.1

Score 7.5high

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Technical Details

Data Version
5.2
Assigner Short Name
Wordfence
Date Reserved
2026-07-02T17:14:10.259Z
Cvss Version
3.1
State
PUBLISHED
Remediation Level
null

Threat ID: 6a684e309c2644c7f825a776

Added to database: 07/28/2026, 06:37:36 UTC

Last updated: 07/28/2026, 13:52:41 UTC

Views: 10

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