# CVE-2026-9290: WP User Manager – User Profile Builder & Membership - Path Traversal

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Page: https://tracker.crowdsec.net/cves/CVE-2026-9290

## Key facts

- **Exploitation phase:** Limited Exploitation. The vulnerability is known but shows very limited attacker interest or exploitation activity.
- **CVSS score:** 7.5
- **Public exploit available:** Yes
- **Affected products:** WPUserManager WP User Manager – User Profile Builder & Membership
- **Weaknesses:** CWE-22 (Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal'))
- **Tags:** wordpress, cms

## Description

The WP User Manager – User Profile Builder & Membership plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Local File Inclusion in all versions up to, and including, 2.9.17 via the (profile template scope) function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to include and execute arbitrary .php files on the server, allowing the execution of any PHP code in those files. This can be used to bypass access controls, obtain sensitive data, or achieve code execution in cases where .php file types can be uploaded and included.

## CrowdSec analysis

[CVE-2026-9290](https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/CVE-2026-9290) is a local file inclusion vulnerability in the WP User Manager – User Profile Builder & Membership plugin for WordPress, affecting all versions up to 2.9.17. This flaw allows unauthenticated attackers to include and execute arbitrary PHP files on the server, potentially bypassing access controls, exposing sensitive data, or achieving remote code execution if malicious PHP files are uploaded. The vulnerability poses a significant risk to WordPress sites using this plugin, as it can be exploited remotely without authentication.

CrowdSec has been tracking this vulnerability and its exploits since 24th of June 2026.

CrowdSec has not observed any significant exploitation activity targeting CVE-2026-9290 across its network. As a result, no community-driven trend analysis is available for this vulnerability at this time.

Attackers exploit this vulnerability by sending requests to URLs like `/profile/admin/about?tab=../../../../../wp-login`, leveraging the `tab` parameter for path traversal and local file inclusion on WordPress sites using the WP User Manager plugin.

## Timeline

- 2026-06-05: CVE Published. CVE-2026-9290 is published to NVD.
- 2026-06-24: Rule Released. CrowdSec releases a rule to detect CVE-2026-9290 exploitation attempts against the CrowdSec Network.
- 2026-08-28: CrowdSec First Seen. CrowdSec observes in-the-wild exploitation of CVE-2026-9290 for the first time.

## References

- https://github.com/WPUserManager/wp-user-manager/pull/445
- https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2026/CVE-2026-9290.yaml

## Live exploitation data

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