WP User Manager <= 2.9.12 — Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary File Deletion via 'current_user_avatar' Parameter
CVE-2025-13320Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: ≤2.9.12Update to 2.9.13 or newer
All remediation steps- Severity
- Medium6.8
- CVSS
- 6.8CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:HWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:HAttack complexity- High
PR:LPrivileges required- Low
UI:NUser interaction- None
S:UScope- Unchanged
C:NConfidentiality- None
I:HIntegrity- High
A:HAvailability- High
- Required access
- Unknown
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
On this page8
Am I affected?
WP User Manager – Registration Form, Login Form, User Profile Builder & Member Directory wp-user-manager
- Affected≤ 2.9.12
- Patched in2.9.13
Update to 2.9.13 or newer.
You are affected if you run ≤ 2.9.12. Version 2.9.13 and later are not affected by this issue.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under WP User Manager – Registration Form, Login Form, User Profile Builder & Member Directory.
- No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
What to do
- Update to version 2.9.13, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch WP User Manager – Registration Form, Login Form, User Profile Builder & Member Directory to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to YC_Infosec.
The WP User Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Arbitrary File Deletion in all versions up to, and including, 2.9.12. This is due to insufficient validation of user-supplied file paths in the profile update functionality combined with improper handling of array inputs by PHP's filter_input() function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to delete arbitrary files on the server via the 'current_user_avatar' parameter in a two-stage attack which can make remote code execution possible. This only affects sites with the custom avatar setting enabled.
Exploits & references
Proof-of-concept & detection
No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.
Advisories & patches
- Advisorywordfence.com
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|---|---|---|---|
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| Medium5.3 | Missing Authorization ≤2.10.4Update to 2.10.5 | CVE-2026-121575 | |
| Medium6.4 | Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'display_name' User Meta ≤2.10.2Update to 2.10.3 | CVE-2026-120550 | |
| Medium5.3 | Missing Authorization ≤2.9.26Update to 2.10.0 | CVE-2026-116846 | |
| Medium4.3 | Missing Authorization ≤2.9.25Update to 2.9.26 | CVE-2026-112823 |
- Medium5.3Missing Authorization
≤2.10.4Update to 2.10.5
- Medium5.3Missing Authorization
≤2.10.4Update to 2.10.5
- Medium6.4Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'display_name' User Meta
≤2.10.2Update to 2.10.3
- Medium5.3Missing Authorization
≤2.9.26Update to 2.10.0
- Medium4.3Missing Authorization
≤2.9.25Update to 2.9.26
Timeline
CVE published
Severity medium, CVSS 6.8
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
Wordfence record- Vulnerability data
- Wordfence Intelligence. [object Object] Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
- CVE® identifiers
- [object Object]. Used under the CVE Program. CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation.
- CVSS / CWE
- National Vulnerability Database (NVD), shown unmodified. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
- VulnCrest content
- Summary, remediation guidance and page layout © VulnCrest. Not sourced from NVD.