Malcure Malware Scanner — #1 Toolset for WordPress Malware Removal <= 17.0 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary File Deletion

Missing Authorization
CVE CVE-2025-6043
CVSS High (8.1)
Publicly Published July 15, 2025
Last Updated July 17, 2025
Researcher Arkadiusz Hydzik
Description

The Malcure Malware Scanner — #1 Toolset for WordPress Malware Removal plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Arbitrary File Deletion due to a missing capability check on the wpmr_delete_file() function in all versions up to, and including, 17.0. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to delete arbitrary files making remote code execution possible. This is only exploitable when advanced mode is enabled on the site.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug wp-malware-removal (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 17.0
Patched Version
  • 17.1
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