Database Cleaner <= 1.4.7 — Authenticated (Administrator+) Arbitrary Table Deletion
CVE-2025-8574Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: ≤1.4.7Update to 1.4.8 or newer
All remediation steps- Severity
- High8.7
- CVSS
- 8.7CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:HWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:LAttack complexity- Low
PR:HPrivileges required- High
UI:NUser interaction- None
S:CScope- Changed
C:NConfidentiality- None
I:HIntegrity- High
A:HAvailability- High
- Weakness
- CWE-284 Improper Access Control
- Required access
- Unknown
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- 0.4% chance in 30 days30th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
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Am I affected?
Database Cleaner: Cleanup, Optimization & Repair database-cleaner
- Affected≤ 1.4.7
- Patched in1.4.8
Update to 1.4.8 or newer.
You are affected if you run ≤ 1.4.7. Version 1.4.8 and later are not affected by this issue.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under Database Cleaner: Cleanup, Optimization & Repair.
- No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
What to do
- Update to version 1.4.8, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch Database Cleaner: Cleanup, Optimization & Repair to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to Jonas Benjamin Friedli.
The Database Cleaner plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary table deletion in all versions up to, and including, 1.4.7. This is due to a lack of restriction on database tables that can be deleted. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Administrator-level access and above, to delete core WordPress tables.
Exploits & references
Proof-of-concept & detection
No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.
Advisories & patches
- Advisorywordfence.com
Related CVEs
More in Database Cleaner: Cleanup, Optimization & Repair
All 3| Severity | Vulnerability | CVE | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium4.9 | Authenticated (Admin+) Arbitrary File Read ≤1.0.5Update to 1.0.6 | CVE-2024-35712 | |
| Medium5.3 | Sensitive Information Exposure via Log File ≤0.9.8Update to 0.9.9 | CVE-2023-51508 |
- Medium4.9Authenticated (Admin+) Arbitrary File Read
≤1.0.5Update to 1.0.6
- Medium5.3Sensitive Information Exposure via Log File
≤0.9.8Update to 0.9.9
Timeline
CVE published
Severity high, CVSS 8.7
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
Wordfence record- Vulnerability data
- Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
- CVE® identifiers
- Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. 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.
- EPSS
- Exploit Prediction Scoring System by FIRST.org.
- VulnCrest content
- Summary, remediation guidance and page layout © VulnCrest. Not sourced from NVD.