Plugins · generate-security-txt · data as of 2026-11-04
Is Generate Security.txt safe? Known vulnerabilities and latest version
- Latest version
- 1.0.14
- Last updated
- 2026-06-29
- Active installs
- 300+
- Known issues on record
- 1
- Unpatched in latest
- 0
- Tested up to WP
- 7.0.8
With a security.txt file, ethical hackers can easily send you a notification when they have found a vulnerability on your website. — by Vereniging van Registrars
What to do
- Update to the latest version (1.0.14). Anything older than 1.0.13 has at least one known issue listed below. Dashboard → Updates, or Plugins → “update now”.
- If you cannot update right away, deactivate it until you can.
- Turn on auto-updates for it: Plugins → “Enable auto-updates” on its row.
- If you ran a vulnerable version and something looks off (spam pages, strange admins, redirects), run the free scan.
With WP-CLI: wp plugin get generate-security-txt --field=version shows what you run; wp plugin update generate-security-txt updates it.
Check your version
Known vulnerabilities
1 on record, newest first. “Affected” is the version range the source gives; “fixed in” is the version the source names, or (marked *) the first wordpress.org release after the last affected version.
medium 4.3 CVE-2026-9616 · published 2026-06-24
Missing authorization check in Generate Security.txt (1.0.12 and older)
- Affected
- 1.0.12 and older
- Fixed in
- 1.0.13 *
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- Needs a low-level account (e.g. subscriber)
- Range from
- CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by Wordfence
Details from the advisory
The Generate Security.txt plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.12. This is due to the plugin not properly verifying that a user is authorized to perform an action. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to delete the site's security.txt file from the server filesystem or create the .well-known directory by directly invoking the delete_securitytxt or create_wellknown_folder AJAX actions.
Recent activity
- 2026-06-29 — latest release on wordpress.org (1.0.14).
- 2026-06-24 — Missing authorization check disclosed (CVE-2026-9616), fixed in 1.0.13.
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Browse vulnerabilities
Types found in this plugin: Missing authorization (1)
Where this data comes from
- Version, last update, installs: wordpress.org/plugins/generate-security-txt (Plugins API), fetched 2026-11-04.
- Vulnerabilities: NIST National Vulnerability Database (NVD), checked 2026-11-04. This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
- Each record links to its CVE page and to the original advisory (Wordfence, Patchstack or WPScan) where there is one. We only list a CVE here when its references or its advisory name this exact plugin, so a few real issues may be missing; none should be about a different plugin. Spot an error? Email Daniel.
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