CVE-2025-13320CWE-73

CVE-2025-13320

Medium · published December 12, 2025

CVSS v3.1
6.8
EPSS
1%
Percentile
56.6
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

The WP User Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Arbitrary File Deletion in all versions up to, and including, 2.9.12. This is due to insufficient validation of user-supplied file paths in the profile update functionality combined with improper handling of array inputs by PHP's filter_input() function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to delete arbitrary files on the server via the 'current_user_avatar' parameter in a two-stage attack which can make remote code execution possible. This only affects sites with the custom avatar setting enabled.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
6.8 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00816 · 56.6th percentile
Weakness
CWE-73 · External Control of File Name or Path
Published
2025-12-12T09:15Z
References (8)
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-user-manager/tags/2.9.12/includes/forms/trait-wpum-account.php#L70 · [email protected]https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-user-manager/tags/2.9.12/includes/forms/trait-wpum-account.php#L75 · [email protected]https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-user-manager/tags/2.9.12/includes/forms/trait-wpum-account.php#L86 · [email protected]https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-user-manager/trunk/includes/forms/trait-wpum-account.php#L70 · [email protected]https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-user-manager/trunk/includes/forms/trait-wpum-account.php#L75 · [email protected]https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-user-manager/trunk/includes/forms/trait-wpum-account.php#L86 · [email protected]https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3420956/wp-user-manager/trunk/includes/forms/trait-wpum-account.php · [email protected]https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/9d8304bf-bec2-4fcf-9fe2-46b626b3dae9?source=cve · [email protected]
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 12 DEC 03:20Z
    WP User Manager <= 2.9.12 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary File Deletion via 'current_user_avatar' Parameter
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