e4jvikwp VikAppointments Services Booking Calendar Plugin up to 1.2.21 on WordPress Path Validation extract path traversal

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A vulnerability was found in e4jvikwp VikAppointments Services Booking Calendar Plugin up to 1.2.21. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is the function extract of the component Path Validation. The manipulation leads to path traversal. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2026-87115. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available.

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A vulnerability was found in e4jvikwp VikAppointments Services Booking Calendar Plugin up to 1.2.21. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects the function extract of the component Path Validation. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The VikAppointments Services Booking Calendar plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file deletion due to insufficient file path validation in the extract function in all versions up to, and including, 1.2.21. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to 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). Exploitation requires at least one File-type custom field to be published on the confirmation page shortcode, as this field is not created by default during plugin installation.

It is possible to read the advisory at wordfence.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2026-87115 since 09/08/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 10/03/2026). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1006 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

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

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• WordPress Plugin

Vendor

• e4jvikwp

Name

• VikAppointments Services Booking Calendar Plugin

Version

• 1.2.0
• 1.2.1
• 1.2.2
• 1.2.3
• 1.2.4
• 1.2.5
• 1.2.6
• 1.2.7
• 1.2.8
• 1.2.9
• 1.2.10
• 1.2.11
• 1.2.12
• 1.2.13
• 1.2.14
• 1.2.15
• 1.2.16
• 1.2.17
• 1.2.18
• 1.2.19
• 1.2.20
• 1.2.21

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