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Description

The LWS Cleaner plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file deletion due to insufficient file path validation in the 'lws_cl_delete_file' function in all versions up to, and including, 2.4.1.3. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Administrator-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 2025-08-05 | Published 2025-09-12 | Updated 2025-09-12 | Assigner Wordfence




HIGH: 7.2CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Problem types

CWE-36 Absolute Path Traversal

Product status

Default status
unaffected

* (semver)
affected

Timeline

2025-09-11:Disclosed

Credits

Jonas Benjamin Friedli finder

References

www.wordfence.com/...-7f20-4cfe-a7d0-38168f49b6d9?source=cve

plugins.trac.wordpress.org/...-cleaner/trunk/lws-cleaner.php

plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3359598/

cve.org (CVE-2025-8575)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2025-8575)

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