LWS Cleaner <= 2.4.1.3 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Arbitrary File Deletion via 'lws_cl_delete_file'

Absolute Path Traversal
CVE CVE-2025-8575
CVSS High (7.2)
Publicly Published September 11, 2025
Last Updated September 12, 2025
Researcher Jonas Benjamin Friedli
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).

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug lws-cleaner (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 2.4.1.3
Patched Version
  • 2.4.2
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