Attachment Manager <= 2.1.2 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Deletion

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
CVE CVE-2025-7643
CVSS Critical (9.1)
Publicly Published July 17, 2025
Last Updated July 18, 2025
Researcher johska
Description

The Attachment Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file deletion due to insufficient file path validation in the handle_actions() function in all versions up to, and including, 2.1.2. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers 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).

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug attachment-manager (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? No
Affected Version
  • <= 2.1.2
Patched Version
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