aguilatechnologies WP Customer Area Plugin up to 8.3.4 on WordPress ajax_attach_file path traversal

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A vulnerability was found in aguilatechnologies WP Customer Area Plugin up to 8.3.4 on WordPress. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this issue is the function ajax_attach_file. Executing a manipulation can lead to path traversal. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2026-3464. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available.

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A vulnerability classified as critical was found in aguilatechnologies WP Customer Area Plugin up to 8.3.4 on WordPress. This vulnerability affects the function ajax_attach_file. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-22. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

The WP Customer Area plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file read and deletion due to insufficient file path validation in the 'ajax_attach_file' function in all versions up to, and including, 8.3.4. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with a role that an administrator grants access to (e.g., Subscriber) to to read the contents of arbitrary files on the server, which can contain sensitive information, or delete arbitrary files on the server, which can easily lead to remote code execution when the right file is deleted (such as wp-config.php).

The weakness was shared by Angus Girvan. The advisory is shared for download at wordfence.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2026-3464 since 03/03/2026. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 04/17/2026). The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1006.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2026-23448). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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• WordPress Plugin

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• aguilatechnologies

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• WP Customer Area Plugin

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• 8.3.0
• 8.3.1
• 8.3.2
• 8.3.3
• 8.3.4

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