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CVE-2025-22663: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

A Path Traversal vulnerability (CVE-2025-22663) was discovered in videowhisper Paid Videochat Turnkey Site affecting versions through 7.2.12. The vulnerability allows unauthenticated attackers to perform arbitrary file deletion on affected systems (Patchstack).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified as a Path Traversal (CWE-22) issue with a CVSS v3.1 base score of 8.6 HIGH (Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H). The vulnerability allows unauthenticated attackers to delete files from the affected website through improper limitation of pathname restrictions (NVD).

Impact

If successfully exploited, this vulnerability could allow attackers to delete core files from the website, potentially causing the site to break and stop functioning. The high CVSS score indicates this is a critical security issue that could lead to significant system disruption (Patchstack).

Mitigation and workarounds

The vulnerability has been fixed in version 7.3 of the plugin. Users are strongly advised to update to this version or later immediately. For users unable to update immediately, Patchstack has issued a virtual patch to mitigate this issue by blocking potential attacks (Patchstack).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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