CVE-2025-9693 Path traversal in User Meta – User Profile Builder and User management plugin
Authenticated subscribers can delete arbitrary files via path traversal, potentially leading to remote code execution.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-9693?
CVE-2025-9693 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in khaledsaikat User Meta – User Profile Builder and User management plugin, published on 11 Sep 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
The User Meta – User Profile Builder and User management plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file deletion due to insufficient file path validation in the postInsertUserProcess function in all versions up to, and including, 3.1.2. 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).
Weakness: CWE-22
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-9693?
How do I fix CVE-2025-9693?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-9693 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-2025-9693 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-9693 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-46fh-vxvj-j8gp.