{"id":59535,"date":"2025-07-21T09:20:38","date_gmt":"2025-07-21T09:20:38","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-09-27T08:15:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-27T14:15:08","slug":"cve-2025-5393-arbitrary-file-deletion-vulnerability-in-alone-charity-multipurpose-non-profit-wordpress-theme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-5393-arbitrary-file-deletion-vulnerability-in-alone-charity-multipurpose-non-profit-wordpress-theme\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>CVE-2025-5393: Arbitrary File Deletion Vulnerability in Alone \u2013 Charity Multipurpose Non-profit WordPress Theme<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Alone &#8211; Charity Multipurpose Non-profit WordPress Theme has been discovered to have a critical vulnerability, CVE-2025-5393, that affects all versions of the theme up to, and including, version 7.8.3. This vulnerability allows unauthenticated attackers to delete arbitrary files on the server, which can lead to remote code execution when a crucial file such as the wp-config.php is deleted. Given the widespread usage of WordPress and the theme in question, this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-54689-high-risk-php-remote-file-inclusion-vulnerability-in-urna\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"76600\">vulnerability presents a significant risk<\/a> to a large number of websites and their underlying systems.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vulnerability Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CVE ID: CVE-2025-5393<br \/>\nSeverity: Critical, CVSS Score: 9.1<br \/>\nAttack Vector: Network<br \/>\nPrivileges Required: None<br \/>\nUser Interaction: None<br \/>\nImpact: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-43192-critical-configuration-issue-in-macos-allowing-potential-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"73632\">Potential system<\/a> compromise or data leakage<\/p>\n<p><strong>Affected Products<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-3056250016\" 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>Alone &#8211; Charity Multipurpose Non-profit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-8592-wordpress-inspiro-theme-vulnerability-to-cross-site-request-forgery-csrf\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"85380\">WordPress Theme<\/a> | Up to and including 7.8.3<\/p>\n<p><strong>How the Exploit Works<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-52809-php-remote-file-inclusion-vulnerability-in-national-weather-service-alerts\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"65965\">vulnerability stems from the lack of proper file<\/a> path validation in the alone_import_pack_restore_data() function. An attacker can manipulate the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-40737-critical-file-path-validation-vulnerability-in-sinec-nms\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"66630\">file path<\/a> in the function to delete any file on the server. If a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-49416-critical-php-remote-file-inclusion-vulnerability-in-fastw3b-llc-fw-gallery\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"66073\">critical file<\/a> such as wp-config.php is deleted, it could lead to remote code execution, allowing the attacker to execute arbitrary code or commands on the server.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conceptual Example Code<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-3016119711\" 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>Though it would be unethical and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-30327-integer-overflow-vulnerability-in-incopy-leading-to-potential-arbitrary-code-execution\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"73631\">potentially illegal to provide actual exploit code<\/a>, a conceptual example would look something like this:<\/p>\n<pre><code class=\"\" data-line=\"\">POST \/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php?action=alone_import_pack_restore_data HTTP\/1.1\nHost: target.example.com\nContent-Type: application\/json\n{ &quot;file&quot;: &quot;..\/..\/..\/..\/..\/..\/etc\/passwd&quot; }<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>In this conceptual example, the malicious payload is designed to trick the server into deleting the \/etc\/passwd file, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-49886-critical-php-local-file-inclusion-vulnerability-in-webgeniuslab-zikzag-core\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"66117\">critical file<\/a> on Unix-based systems.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Impact and Mitigation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A successful exploitation of this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-25214-race-condition-vulnerability-in-wwbn-avideo-14-4-leading-to-arbitrary-code-execution\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"67532\">vulnerability could lead<\/a> to system compromise or data leakage. As the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-28946-php-remote-file-inclusion-vulnerability-in-bzotheme-printxtore\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"66155\">vulnerability allows for arbitrary file<\/a> deletion, an attacker could potentially delete any file on the server. This could lead to significant disruption of the website, data loss or even complete system takeover if the right <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-7778-arbitrary-file-deletion-vulnerability-in-icons-factory-plugin-for-wordpress\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"79644\">files are deleted<\/a>.<br \/>\nAs for mitigation, users are advised to apply the vendor patch as soon as it becomes available. In the meantime, using a Web Application Firewall (WAF) or an Intrusion Detection System (IDS) could serve as temporary mitigation by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-8059-critical-privilege-escalation-vulnerability-in-b-blocks-wordpress-plugin\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"76370\">blocking malicious traffic attempting to exploit this vulnerability<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview The Alone &#8211; Charity Multipurpose Non-profit WordPress Theme has been discovered to have a critical vulnerability, CVE-2025-5393, that affects all versions of the theme up to, and including, version 7.8.3. This vulnerability allows unauthenticated attackers to delete arbitrary files on the server, which can lead to remote code execution when a crucial file such [&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":[80],"asset_type":[],"severity":[],"exploit_status":[],"class_list":["post-59535","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","attack_vector-rce"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59535","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=59535"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59535\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":78171,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59535\/revisions\/78171"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59535"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59535"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59535"},{"taxonomy":"vendor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vendor?post=59535"},{"taxonomy":"product","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product?post=59535"},{"taxonomy":"attack_vector","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/attack_vector?post=59535"},{"taxonomy":"asset_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/asset_type?post=59535"},{"taxonomy":"severity","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/severity?post=59535"},{"taxonomy":"exploit_status","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exploit_status?post=59535"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}