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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).

PUBLISHED Reserved 2025-04-11 | Published 2025-04-18 | Updated 2026-04-08 | Assigner Wordfence




HIGH: 8.1CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Problem types

CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

Product status

Default status
unaffected

Any version
affected

Timeline

2025-04-17:Disclosed

Credits

Youcef Hamdani finder

References

www.wordfence.com/...-5bfe-4352-bc5b-141f078c0b6d?source=cve

plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/avatar/trunk/avatar.php

wordpress.org/plugins/avatar/

cve.org (CVE-2025-3520)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2025-3520)

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