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This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to overwrite the brnwp_theme option with a directory traversal payload (e.g., ../../../../etc/passwd) and subsequently trigger file inclusion of arbitrary files on the server when the shortcode is rendered.","severity":{"version":"3.1","score":6.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","level":"medium","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-09","score":0.00814,"percentile":0.57304,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-22"],"published":"2026-04-22T07:45:33Z","modified":"2026-06-17T10:56:21Z","products":[{"vendor":"doctorwp","product":"breaking news wp"}],"references":[{"url":"https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/4772b482-f5e5-4707-b012-aca70fc89e49?source=cve"},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/breaking-news-wp/trunk/breaking-news.php#L85"},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/breaking-news-wp/tags/1.3/breaking-news.php#L85"},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/breaking-news-wp/trunk/breaking-news.php#L366"},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/breaking-news-wp/tags/1.3/breaking-news.php#L366"},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/breaking-news-wp/trunk/breaking-news.php#L372"},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/breaking-news-wp/tags/1.3/breaking-news.php#L372"},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-4280"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-mh5c-2v7r-xcxg"}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2026-4280","title":"Breaking News WP \u003c= 1.3 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Local File Inclusion/Read","description":"The Breaking News WP plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Local File Inclusion in all versions up to, and including, 1.3. 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This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to overwrite the brnwp_theme option with a directory traversal payload (e.g., ../../../../etc/passwd) and subsequently trigger file inclusion of arbitrary files on the server when the shortcode is rendered.","status":"published","published":"2026-04-22T07:45:33Z","modified":"2026-04-23T13:44:26Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":6.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","level":"medium"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T19:24:19.171803Z"}],"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-mh5c-2v7r-xcxg","title":"The Breaking News WP plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Local File Inclusion in all versions...","description":"The Breaking News WP plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Local File Inclusion in all versions up to, and including, 1.3. 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