CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2025-9518

Absolute Path Traversal

Published: Sep 04, 2025 | Modified: Sep 04, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

The atec Debug plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file deletion due to insufficient file path validation on the debug_path parameter in all versions up to, and including, 1.2.22. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Administrator-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

The product uses external input to construct a pathname that should be within a restricted directory, but it does not properly neutralize absolute path sequences such as “/abs/path” that can resolve to a location that is outside of that directory.

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