CVE-2026-31913

Description

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in Whitebox-Studio Scape scape allows Path Traversal.This issue affects Scape: from n/a through < 1.5.16.

Overview

State: PUBLISHED
Assigner (CNA): Patchstack
CVSS severity: HIGH
CVSS score: 8.6 / 10
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
Effective score: 8.6 / 10 HIGH source: CNA overview
CWE(s): CWE-22
Reserved: 2026-03-10
Published: 2026-03-25 17:14 UTC
Last updated: 2026-04-29 11:51 UTC
Source: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/main/cves/2026/31xxx/CVE-2026-31913.json
Linked Threat: CVE-2026-31913 — Scape - Multipurpose WordPress theme < 1.5.16 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Deletion

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NVD published: 2026-03-25 17:16:58 UTC
NVD last modified: 2026-04-24 16:35:20 UTC
NVD CVSS v3.1: 8.6 / 10 HIGH source: 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
NVD CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
Exploitability subscore: 3.9 / 10
Impact subscore: 4.0 / 10
EPSS score: 0.0007 (probability of exploitation in next 30 days)
EPSS percentile: 21.00% vs all CVEs — higher = more likely to be exploited, as of 2026-05-25

European Union Vulnerability Database ENISA EUVD

ENISA's official EU repository for curated vulnerability intelligence. Carries a separate identifier (EUVD-YYYY-NNNN) and frequently exposes an earlier-published description + CVSS than NVD does.

EUVD ID: EUVD-2026-15813
Assigner: Patchstack
Published: Mar 25, 2026, 4:14:56 PM
Updated: Apr 29, 2026, 9:51:57 AM
EUVD base score (CVSS 3.1): 8.6 / 10
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
EUVD-reported EPSS: 0.0700
Vendors: Whitebox-Studio
Products: Scape (n/a ≤< 1.5.16)
Aliases: GHSA-mqc7-5qj8-5f3j

ENISA description: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in Whitebox-Studio Scape scape allows Path Traversal.This issue affects Scape: from n/a through < 1.5.16.

EUVD references (1)

https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Theme/scape/vulnerability/wordpress-scape-theme-1-5-16-arbitrary-file-deletion-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

Affected products (1)

Vendor	Product	Versions	Platforms
Whitebox-Studio	Scape	`n/a` (affected)	—

Vendor references (1)

References embedded in the original CVE record by the assigning CNA.

https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Theme/scape/vulnerability/wordpress-scape-theme-1-5-16-arbitrary-file-deletion-vulnerability?_s_id=cve vdb-entry

Web references (5)

DuckDuckGo results ranked by threat-intel / vendor advisory domains. Generated by the 🔎 Find references (web) button above — same flow as the Remediations search.

http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/22.html rapid7:cwe.mitre.org
https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2026-31913 rapid7:attackerkb.com
https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2026-15813 rapid7:euvd.enisa.europa.eu
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-31913 rapid7:www.cve.org
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/93d00b7e-cad1-4521-8acf-94818258a9d9?source=api-prod rapid7:www.wordfence.com

NVD-tagged references (1)

Reference list NVD curates from the CNA record, vendor advisories, and third-party reports. The tag chips below are NVD's analyst-assigned categories.

https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Theme/scape/vulnerability/wordpress-scape-theme-1-5-16-arbitrary-file-deletion-vulnerability?_s_id=cve audit@patchstack.com

Indicators (2)

IOCs linked to the auto-promoted Threat row.

Type	Value	VirusTotal	Attached
domain	`traversal.this`	no local data	2026-05-18 21:18 UTC
cve	`CVE-2026-31913`	no local data	2026-06-05 13:28 UTC

Remediations (15)

Remediations are stored against the linked Threat row; the list below is deduplicated across both pages.

Wordfence remediation: Scape - Multipurpose WordPress theme

Wordfence

Update to version 1.5.16, or a newer patched version

2026-06-05 13:28 UTC
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Microsoft March 2026 Patch Tuesday fixes 2 zero-days, 79 flaws

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Nvd - Cve-2026-3913

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2026-05-22 02:57 UTC

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