CVE-2025-49879 WordPress Litho theme <= 3.0 - Arbitrary File Deletion Vulnerability
Attackers can delete arbitrary files on the server via path traversal in the Litho WordPress theme, potentially compromising site integrity.
- 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-2025-49879?
CVE-2025-49879 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in themezaa Litho, published on 17 Jun 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 themezaa Litho litho allows Path Traversal.This issue affects Litho: from n/a through <= 3.0.
Weakness: CWE-22
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-49879?
How do I fix CVE-2025-49879?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-49879 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-2025-49879 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-49879 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-37g4-2454-w65h.