{"id":28244,"date":"2025-04-21T11:32:31","date_gmt":"2025-04-21T11:32:31","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-04-25T00:18:25","modified_gmt":"2025-04-25T00:18:25","slug":"cve-2025-2007-wordpress-plugin-vulnerability-leads-to-arbitrary-file-deletion-and-potential-system-compromise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-2007-wordpress-plugin-vulnerability-leads-to-arbitrary-file-deletion-and-potential-system-compromise\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>CVE-2025-2007: WordPress Plugin Vulnerability Leads to Arbitrary File Deletion and Potential System Compromise<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In the realm of cybersecurity, new vulnerabilities surface regularly, necessitating constant vigilance. In this blog post, we will discuss CVE-2025-2007, a severe vulnerability discovered in the Import Export Suite for CSV and XML Datafeed plugin for WordPress. This plugin, widely used for importing and exporting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-3417-unauthorized-data-modification-and-privilege-escalation-in-wordpress-embedder-plugin\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"32429\">data in WordPress<\/a> websites, unfortunately harbors a potent flaw in all versions up to, and including, 7.19, which could have significant repercussions if exploited.<br \/>\nIn essence, this vulnerability allows authenticated attackers with Subscriber-level access and above to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2023-42970-use-after-free-vulnerability-in-multiple-apple-platforms-may-lead-to-arbitrary-code-execution\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"33013\">delete<\/a> arbitrary files on the server. This can potentially lead to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-29017-remote-code-execution-in-code-astro-internet-banking-system-2-0-0\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"32832\">remote code execution<\/a> when a crucial file, such as wp-config.php, is deleted. This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-32629-critical-path-traversal-vulnerability-in-wp-businessdirectory-plugin\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"32938\">vulnerability highlights the importance of stringent file path<\/a> validation and the potentially catastrophic consequences of its absence.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vulnerability Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CVE ID: CVE-2025-2007<br \/>\nSeverity: High (8.1 CVSS score)<br \/>\nAttack Vector: Network<br \/>\nPrivileges Required: Low (Subscriber-level access)<br \/>\nUser Interaction: Required<br \/>\nImpact: Arbitrary file deletion <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-23391-incorrect-privilege-assignment-in-suse-rancher-potentially-leading-to-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"33058\">leading to potential system<\/a> compromise or data leakage<\/p>\n<p><strong>Affected Products<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-3127117019\" class=\"ameeb-content-2 ameeb-entity-placement\"><div style=\"border-left: 4px solid #555; padding-left: 20px; margin: 48px 0; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; color: #ffffff; line-height: 1.6; max-width: 700px;\">\r\n  <h2 style=\"margin-top: 0; font-size: 20px; font-weight: 600; display: flex; align-items: center;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"display: inline-flex; align-items: center; margin-right: 8px;\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Best-App-icon-Ameeba.png\" alt=\"Ameeba Chat Icon\" style=\"width: 40px; height: 40px;\" \/>\r\n    <\/a>\r\n    A new way to communicate\r\n  <\/h2>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 12px;\">\r\n    Ameeba Chat is built on encrypted identity, not personal profiles.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 16px;\">\r\n    Message, call, share files, and coordinate with identities kept separate.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <ul style=\"list-style: none; padding-left: 0; margin-bottom: 20px;\">\r\n    <li>\u2022 Encrypted identity<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Ameeba Chat authenticates access<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Aliases and categories<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 End-to-end encrypted chat, calls, and files<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Secure notes for sensitive information<\/li>\r\n  <\/ul>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"font-style: italic; font-weight: 600; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\r\n    Private communication, rethought.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <div style=\"display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 12px;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\/download\" style=\"background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 6px; font-weight: 500;\">Download Ameeba Chat<\/a>\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"border: 1px solid #ffffff; color: #ffffff; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 6px; font-weight: 500;\">Learn More<\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n<p>Product | Affected Versions<\/p>\n<p>Import Export Suite for CSV and XML Datafeed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2023-6220-piotnet-forms-plugin-vulnerability-in-wordpress-allows-arbitrary-file-uploads\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"34523\">plugin for WordPress<\/a> | Up to and including 7.19<\/p>\n<p><strong>How the Exploit Works<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The vulnerability lies in the deleteImage() function of the Import <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2023-5905-unauthorized-data-export-vulnerability-in-demomentsomtres-wordpress-export-posts-with-images-plugin\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"34646\">Export Suite for CSV and XML Datafeed plugin for WordPress<\/a>. This function does not sufficiently validate file paths, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2023-48243-critical-remote-code-execution-vulnerability-allowing-unauthorized-file-upload\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"34120\">allowing an attacker to specify any file<\/a> on the server for deletion.<br \/>\nAuthenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access or above, can exploit this flaw by sending a malicious request to delete <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2024-13744-arbitrary-file-upload-vulnerability-in-booster-for-woocommerce-wordpress-plugin\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"34572\">arbitrary files<\/a> on the server. If a critical file such as wp-config.php is deleted, it could allow for remote code execution, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2023-37297-vulnerability-in-ami-s-spx-leading-to-potential-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"33393\">potentially compromising the whole system<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conceptual Example Code<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-4144127876\" class=\"ameeb-content ameeb-entity-placement\"><div class=\"poptin-embedded\" data-id=\"f6b387694f681\"><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/div>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a conceptual example of how the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2023-50123-exploitable-vulnerability-in-hozard-alarm-system-sms-authentication\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"34912\">vulnerability might be exploited<\/a>. This example represents a malicious HTTP request to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-3065-arbitrary-file-deletion-vulnerability-in-database-toolset-plugin\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"40226\">delete the wp-config.php file<\/a>:<\/p>\n<pre><code class=\"\" data-line=\"\">POST \/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts HTTP\/1.1\nHost: target.example.com\nContent-Type: application\/json\nAuthorization: Bearer &lt;valid JWT&gt;\n{\n&quot;file&quot;: &quot;..\/..\/..\/..\/wp-config.php&quot;\n}<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>In this request, the &#8220;file&#8221; parameter&#8217;s value is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-32631-path-traversal-vulnerability-in-oxygen-mydata-for-woocommerce\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"32943\">path traversal<\/a> string that points to the wp-config.php file. The server interprets this as a valid request and proceeds to delete the wp-config.php file, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2024-56406-buffer-overflow-vulnerability-in-perl-leading-to-potential-denial-of-service-and-code-execution\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"33114\">leading to potential<\/a> system compromise.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview In the realm of cybersecurity, new vulnerabilities surface regularly, necessitating constant vigilance. In this blog post, we will discuss CVE-2025-2007, a severe vulnerability discovered in the Import Export Suite for CSV and XML Datafeed plugin for WordPress. This plugin, widely used for importing and exporting data in WordPress websites, unfortunately harbors a potent flaw [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"vendor":[],"product":[],"attack_vector":[85,80],"asset_type":[],"severity":[],"exploit_status":[],"class_list":["post-28244","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","attack_vector-directory-traversal","attack_vector-rce"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28244","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28244"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28244\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35541,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28244\/revisions\/35541"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28244"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28244"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28244"},{"taxonomy":"vendor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vendor?post=28244"},{"taxonomy":"product","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product?post=28244"},{"taxonomy":"attack_vector","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/attack_vector?post=28244"},{"taxonomy":"asset_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/asset_type?post=28244"},{"taxonomy":"severity","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/severity?post=28244"},{"taxonomy":"exploit_status","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exploit_status?post=28244"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}