CVE-2025-9518

Published: Sep 4, 2025Modified: Jun 17, 2026Deferred

7.2

Vector

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

Exploitability: 1.2 / Impact: 5.9

Source: security@wordfence.com (Secondary)

Description

The atec Debug plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file deletion due to insufficient file path validation on the 'debug_path' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 1.2.22. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Administrator-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).

Related CWEs

CWE-36

Absolute Path Traversal

The product uses external input to construct a pathname that should be within a restricted directory, but it does not properly neutralize absolute path sequences such as "/abs/path" that can resolve to a location that is outside of that directory.

References (3)

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/atec-debug/trunk/includes/ATEC/CONFIG.php#L320

Source: security@wordfence.com

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=3355260%40atec-debug%2Ftrunk&old=3342365%40atec-debug%2Ftrunk

Source: security@wordfence.com

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/170cd2e3-e31b-452e-8c15-d44a8be7757b?source=cve

Source: security@wordfence.com

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