{"answers":{"affected":"","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-14997 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2025-14997 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2025-14997 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in buddydev BuddyPress Xprofile Custom Field Types, published on 6 Jan 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2025-14997 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2025-14997 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in buddydev BuddyPress Xprofile Custom Field Types, published on 6 Jan 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-14997 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: buddydev BuddyPress Xprofile Custom Field Types. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-14997/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-14997/index.md)","id":"CVE-2025-14997","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-14997/index.md","name":"CVE-2025-14997","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-6qr6-x63g-2597"],"analysis":{"component_type":"cms_plugin","fix_type":"upgrade","impacts":["data_modify","code_execution"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"WordPress plugin","requires_auth":"low_privilege","summary":"Authenticated attackers can delete arbitrary server files via path traversal, potentially leading to remote code execution.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"path_traversal"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"Wordfence","cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":8.8,"severity":"high","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-22","name":"Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory"}],"description":"The BuddyPress Xprofile Custom Field Types plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file deletion due to insufficient file path validation in the 'delete_field' function in all versions up to, and including, 1.2.8. 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).","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"BuddyPress Xprofile Custom Field Types \u003c= 1.2.8 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary File Deletion","id":"CVE-2025-14997","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"path_traversal","year":"2025"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":3,"next":{"headline":"Auth bypass in Branda – White Label \u0026 Branding, Free Login Page Customizer","id":"CVE-2025-14998"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"AS Password Field In Default Registration Form \u003c= 2.0.0 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via Account Takeover","id":"CVE-2025-14996"},"products":["BuddyPress Xprofile Custom Field Types"],"published":"2026-01-06","related":[],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"no","exploitation":"none","technical_impact":"total"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-04-08","vendors":["buddydev"]},"summary":"Authenticated attackers can delete arbitrary server files via path traversal, potentially leading to remote code execution.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-14997/"}