{"id":64219,"date":"2025-08-21T16:15:45","date_gmt":"2025-08-21T16:15:45","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-09-09T00:30:39","modified_gmt":"2025-09-09T06:30:39","slug":"cve-2025-7778-arbitrary-file-deletion-vulnerability-in-icons-factory-plugin-for-wordpress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-7778-arbitrary-file-deletion-vulnerability-in-icons-factory-plugin-for-wordpress\/","title":{"rendered":"CVE-2025-7778: Arbitrary File Deletion Vulnerability in Icons Factory Plugin for WordPress<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"

Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n

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<\/a> 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<\/a> files on a server. The deletion of certain files, like wp-config.php, can lead to remote code<\/a> execution, ultimately compromising the system or leading to data leakage.<\/p>\n

Vulnerability Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n

CVE ID: CVE-2025-7778
\nSeverity: Critical (9.8 CVSS score)
\nAttack Vector: Network
\nPrivileges Required: None
\nUser Interaction: None
\nImpact: Potential system compromise or data<\/a> leakage<\/p>\n

Affected Products<\/strong><\/p>\n

Product | Affected Versions<\/p>\n

Icons Factory Plugin for WordPress<\/a> | Up to and including 1.6.12<\/p>\n

How the Exploit Works<\/strong><\/p>\n

CVE-2025-7778 arises from insufficient authorization and improper<\/a> path validation within the delete_files() function of the Icons Factory plugin for WordPress. Unauthenticated attackers can exploit this vulnerability<\/a> 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<\/a>, thereby compromising the system.<\/p>\n

Conceptual Example Code<\/strong><\/p>\n

Here is a conceptual example of how this vulnerability might be exploited. This is a sample HTTP request that could theoretically delete a server<\/a> file:<\/p>\n

DELETE \/path\/to\/file\/wp-config.php HTTP\/1.1\nHost: target.example.com<\/code><\/pre>\n
This exploit does not require any specific payload, as the HTTP DELETE request itself, when directed to a critical file<\/a> path, will cause the damage.<\/p>\n
Mitigation Guidance<\/strong><\/p>\n
To mitigate the risk posed by CVE-2025-7778, users of the Icons Factory plugin for WordPress<\/a> are advised to apply the vendor patch. If that\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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