CVE-2025-28980 WordPress Aviation Weather from NOAA plugin <= 0.7.2 - Arbitrary File Deletion Vulnerability
Attackers can delete arbitrary files via path traversal in the Aviation Weather from NOAA WordPress plugin.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-28980?
CVE-2025-28980 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in machouinard Aviation Weather from NOAA, published on 4 Jul 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in machouinard Aviation Weather from NOAA aviation-weather-from-noaa allows Path Traversal.This issue affects Aviation Weather from NOAA: from n/a through <= 0.7.2.
Weakness: CWE-22
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-28980?
How do I fix CVE-2025-28980?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-28980 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.
Is CVE-2025-28980 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-28980 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-r4p5-cjpr-fgvm.