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).

INFO

Published Date :

2025-04-18T01:44:09.879Z

Last Modified :

2026-04-08T16:32:32.045Z

Source :

Wordfence
AFFECTED PRODUCTS

The following products are affected by CVE-2025-3520 vulnerability.

Vendors Products
Wordpress
  • Wordpress
REFERENCES

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information to CVE-2025-3520.

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