Overview
Cybersecurity is a critical component in today’s world of interconnected digital networks, and among the myriad challenges faced by cybersecurity professionals, handling vulnerabilities in widely used tools, frameworks and plugins is one of the most critical. This post focuses on CVE-2025-7778, a vulnerability found in the Icons Factory plugin for WordPress. This vulnerability affects all versions up to, and including, 1.6.12. The severity of this issue is made apparent by its potential to allow unauthenticated attackers to delete arbitrary files on a server. The deletion of certain files, like wp-config.php, can lead to remote code execution, ultimately compromising the system or leading to data leakage.
Vulnerability Summary
CVE ID: CVE-2025-7778
Severity: Critical (9.8 CVSS score)
Attack Vector: Network
Privileges Required: None
User Interaction: None
Impact: Potential system compromise or data leakage
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Product | Affected Versions
Icons Factory Plugin for WordPress | Up to and including 1.6.12
How the Exploit Works
CVE-2025-7778 arises from insufficient authorization and improper path validation within the delete_files() function of the Icons Factory plugin for WordPress. Unauthenticated attackers can exploit this vulnerability to delete any file on the server. When a critical file, such as wp-config.php, is deleted, it could lead to remote code execution, thereby compromising the system.
Conceptual Example Code
Here is a conceptual example of how this vulnerability might be exploited. This is a sample HTTP request that could theoretically delete a server file:
DELETE /path/to/file/wp-config.php HTTP/1.1
Host: target.example.comThis exploit does not require any specific payload, as the HTTP DELETE request itself, when directed to a critical file path, will cause the damage.
Mitigation Guidance
To mitigate the risk posed by CVE-2025-7778, users of the Icons Factory plugin for WordPress are advised to apply the vendor patch. If that’s not immediately possible, they should consider using a Web Application Firewall (WAF) or Intrusion Detection System (IDS) as a temporary measure to block or alert on suspicious activity. However, these are only temporary measures, and applying the vendor patch is the only way to fully resolve the vulnerability.