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GHSA-46FH-VXVJ-J8GP

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-09-11 09:31 – Updated: 2025-09-11 09:31

Details

The User Meta – User Profile Builder and User management plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file deletion due to insufficient file path validation in the postInsertUserProcess function in all versions up to, and including, 3.1.2. 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).

Severity ?

8.0 (High)


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

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CVE-2025-9693 (GCVE-0-2025-9693)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-09-11 07:25 – Updated: 2025-09-11 14:37

Title

User Meta – User Profile Builder and User management plugin <= 3.1.2 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary File Deletion

Summary

Severity ?

8 (High)


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

CWE

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

Assigner

Wordfence

References

URL

Tags

	https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabil…
	https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/user-m…

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	khaledsaikat	User Meta – User Profile Builder and User management plugin	Affected: * , ≤ 3.1.2 (semver)

Credits

Kishan Vyas

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