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title: "CVE-2026-17609: WordPress Super Forms – Drag & Drop Form Builder - Arbitrary Directory Deletion"
description: "Super Forms – Drag & Drop Form Builder plugin for WordPress <= 6.3.316 contains an arbitrary directory deletion vulnerability caused by insufficient validation of JSON field declarations and a bypassable ABSPATH guard in submit_form, letting unauthenticated attackers recursively delete arbitrary directories, exploit requires 'Delete files from server after form submissions' setting enabled by admin."
url: https://panop.io/threat-heartbeat/CVE-2026-17609/
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# CVE-2026-17609 WordPress Super Forms – Drag & Drop Form Builder - Arbitrary Directory Deletion

Super Forms – Drag & Drop Form Builder plugin for WordPress <= 6.3.316 contains an arbitrary directory deletion vulnerability caused by insufficient validation of JSON field declarations and a bypassable ABSPATH guard in submit\_form, letting unauthenticated attackers recursively delete arbitrary directories, exploit requires 'Delete files from server after form submissions' setting enabled by admin.

CVSS base score 9.1 /10

Critical

CISA KEV

Not listed

Public exploit

None known

Authentication

Not required

EPSS

0.31% chance of exploitation in 30 days

[View the NVD record ↗](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-17609)

## Details

Type

Arbitrary Directory Deletion

Impact

Denial Of Service, Data Tampering

CVSS vector

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

Published

8 October 2026

Updated

15 October 2026

Weakness

[CWE-434](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/434.html)

## Vendor fix

Update to the latest version of Super Forms plugin.

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-2026-17609](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-17609)
- [https://github.com/RensTillmann/super-forms/pull/205](https://github.com/RensTillmann/super-forms/pull/205)
- [https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/f21577b4-b7c6-4b39-b2b7-66a75c5f56fb?source=cve](https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/f21577b4-b7c6-4b39-b2b7-66a75c5f56fb?source=cve)

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