Cache Enabler: access to server files
What's happening
Cache Enabler has a access to server files flaw in every version up to 1.8.16 (included): an attacker can read or delete files on the server, such as the one holding the database password. Anyone can exploit it, without an account on the site. More than 100,000 websites use it.
What to do
Update Cache Enabler to version 1.8.17 or later (Dashboard → Plugins in WordPress). If you can't update yet, deactivate it until you can.
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Source: Wordfence Intelligence (Defiant, Inc.). Original record · CVE-2026-19253. Original title: «Cache Enabler <= 1.8.16 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File and Directory Deletion».
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