CVE-2025-47512 WordPress Tainacan plugin <= 0.21.14 - Arbitrary File Deletion vulnerability
An attacker can delete arbitrary files on the server via path traversal in the Tainacan WordPress plugin.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-47512?
CVE-2025-47512 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in Tainacan, published on 23 May 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in tainacan Tainacan tainacan allows Path Traversal.This issue affects Tainacan: from n/a through <= 0.21.14.
Weakness: CWE-22
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-47512?
How do I fix CVE-2025-47512?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-47512 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-2025-47512 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-47512 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-746h-9hhm-mgv6.