# CVE-2026-4280

> Vulnerability · severity: **MEDIUM** (CVSS 6.5).

## Description

The Breaking News WP plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Local File Inclusion in all versions up to, and including, 1.3. This is due to the brnwp_ajax_form AJAX endpoint lacking both authorization checks and CSRF verification, combined with insufficient path validation when the brnwp_theme option value is passed directly to an include() statement in the brnwp_show_breaking_news_wp() shortcode handler. While sanitize_text_field() is applied to user input, it does not strip directory traversal sequences (../). 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.

## Key facts

- **CVE ID:** CVE-2026-4280
- **Published:** 2026-04-22
- **CVSS severity:** MEDIUM
- **CVSS base score:** 6.5
- **CWE codes:** CWE-22

## Primary sources

- NIST NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-4280

## Citation

> AI Analytics. CVE-2026-4280. Retrieved 2026-07-19 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/cve/CVE-2026-4280. Derived from NIST NVD. Licensed CC0.

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