CVE-2025-3520HIGH 8.1EPSS p51.5%

CVE-2025-3520CVE-2025-3520

Description

The Avatar plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file deletion due to insufficient file path validation in a function in all versions up to, and including, 0.1.4. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, 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).

Scoring

CVSS 3.18.1 (HIGH)
VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
EPSS0.79% probability of exploitation · percentile 51.5% · 2026-06-19T12:03:05Z
Published2025-04-18
Last modified2026-04-15

Underlying weaknesses· 1

CWE-22

References

  1. https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/avatar/trunk/avatar.php#L417
  2. https://wordpress.org/plugins/avatar/
  3. https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/01769760-5bfe-4352-bc5b-141f078c0b6d?source=cve

1

TypeTargetConfidenceTier
WeaknessImproper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')cwe-220%live

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