CVE-2025-3520 Information

Description

The Avatar plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file deletion due to insufficient file path validation in a function in all versions up to and including 0.1.4. 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).

CVSS Vector

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

Reference

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/avatar/trunk/avatar.php#L417 https://wordpress.org/plugins/avatar/ https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/01769760-5bfe-4352-bc5b-141f078c0b6d?source=cve

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction Required

LOW

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

8.1