LWS Cleaner <= 2.4.1.3 — Authenticated (Administrator+) Arbitrary File Deletion via 'lws_cl_delete_file'
CVE-2025-8575Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: ≤2.4.1.3Update to 2.4.2 or newer
All remediation steps- Severity
- High7.2
- CVSS
- 7.2CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/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:UScope- Unchanged
C:HConfidentiality- High
I:HIntegrity- High
A:HAvailability- High
- Weakness
- CWE-36 Absolute Path Traversal
- Required access
- Unknown
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
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Am I affected?
LWS Cleaner lws-cleaner
- Affected≤ 2.4.1.3
- Patched in2.4.2
Update to 2.4.2 or newer.
You are affected if you run ≤ 2.4.1.3. Version 2.4.2 and later are not affected by this issue.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under LWS Cleaner.
- No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
What to do
- Update to version 2.4.2, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch LWS Cleaner to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to Jonas Benjamin Friedli.
The LWS Cleaner plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file deletion due to insufficient file path validation in the 'lws_cl_delete_file' function in all versions up to, and including, 2.4.1.3. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Administrator-level access and above, to delete arbitrary files on the server, which can easily lead to remote code execution when the right file is deleted (such as wp-config.php).
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 LWS Cleaner
All 3| Severity | Vulnerability | CVE | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium5.4 | Cross-Site Request Forgery ≤2.3.0Update to 2.3.1 | CVE-2023-35781 | |
| High8.8 | Missing Authorization Checks ≤2.1Update to 2.1.5 | — |
- Medium5.4Cross-Site Request Forgery
≤2.3.0Update to 2.3.1
- High8.8Missing Authorization Checks
≤2.1Update to 2.1.5
Timeline
CVE published
Severity high, CVSS 7.2
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
Wordfence record- Vulnerability data
- Wordfence Intelligence. [object Object] Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
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- CVSS / CWE
- National Vulnerability Database (NVD), shown unmodified. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
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