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title: "CVE-2026-103882: Acadlix LMS – AI Quiz Maker, Online Exam & Course Plugin for WordPress - Arbitrary File Deletion"
description: "Acadlix LMS – AI Quiz Maker, Online Exam & Course Plugin for WordPress <= 1.1.9 contains an arbitrary file deletion vulnerability caused by insufficient file path validation in post_delete_assessment_file_by_id, letting unauthenticated attackers delete arbitrary files, exploit requires access to a public nonce in frontend JavaScript."
url: https://panop.io/threat-heartbeat/CVE-2026-103882/
---

# CVE-2026-103882 Acadlix LMS – AI Quiz Maker, Online Exam & Course Plugin for WordPress - Arbitrary File Deletion

Acadlix LMS – AI Quiz Maker, Online Exam & Course Plugin for WordPress <= 1.1.9 contains an arbitrary file deletion vulnerability caused by insufficient file path validation in post\_delete\_assessment\_file\_by\_id, letting unauthenticated attackers delete arbitrary files, exploit requires access to a public nonce in frontend JavaScript.

CVSS base score 9.1 /10

Critical

CISA KEV

Not listed

Public exploit

None known

Authentication

Not required

EPSS

0.79% chance of exploitation in 30 days

[View the NVD record ↗](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-103882)

## Details

Type

Arbitrary File Deletion

Impact

File System Write, Remote Code Execution

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Published

31 October 2026

Updated

1 November 2026

Weakness

[CWE-22](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/22.html)

## Vendor fix

Update to the latest version of Acadlix LMS plugin for WordPress.

Patching closes this CVE. It does not tell you which of your systems run the affected version, or what else is exposed alongside them.

## References

- [https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-103882](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-103882)
- [https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/acadlix/tags/1.1.8/includes/Common/Assets/Manager.php#L570](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/acadlix/tags/1.1.8/includes/Common/Assets/Manager.php#L570)
- [https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/acadlix/tags/1.1.8/includes/Common/REST/Front/FrontQuizController.php#L680](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/acadlix/tags/1.1.8/includes/Common/REST/Front/FrontQuizController.php#L680)
- [https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/acadlix/tags/1.1.8/includes/Common/REST/Front/FrontQuizController.php#L692](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/acadlix/tags/1.1.8/includes/Common/REST/Front/FrontQuizController.php#L692)
- [https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/acadlix/tags/1.1.8/includes/Common/REST/Front/FrontQuizController.php#L807](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/acadlix/tags/1.1.8/includes/Common/REST/Front/FrontQuizController.php#L807)
- [https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b54682f6-914e-4c16-b8fb-63b5dcb14933?source=cve](https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b54682f6-914e-4c16-b8fb-63b5dcb14933?source=cve)

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- Whether an attacker can actually reach and exploit it
- The misconfigurations that never get a CVE number
- What it would cost the business, ranked into what to fix first

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