CVE-2025-26534
Published: 03 March 2025
Summary
CVE-2025-26534 is a high-severity Path Traversal (CWE-22) vulnerability. Its CVSS base score is 8.6 (High).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked in the top 46.7% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
The strongest mitigations our analysis identified are NIST 800-53 SI-10 (Information Input Validation) and SI-2 (Flaw Remediation).
Deeper analysis
CVE-2025-26534 is an Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability, corresponding to CWE-22, in the Helloprint WordPress plugin. This issue affects Helloprint versions from n/a through 2.0.7. The vulnerability has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 8.6 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H), indicating high severity primarily due to its potential for availability disruption.
Unauthenticated remote attackers can exploit this path traversal flaw over the network with low complexity and no user interaction required. By manipulating pathnames, attackers can achieve arbitrary file deletion on the targeted system, resulting in high-impact denial of service as reflected in the CVSS availability metric, with a changed scope affecting broader system components.
Patchstack's advisory documents this as an arbitrary file deletion vulnerability specifically in the WordPress Helloprint plugin version 2.0.7, providing details on the issue in their vulnerability database.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-5611
Vulnerability details
Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in helloprint Helloprint helloprint allows Path Traversal.This issue affects Helloprint: from n/a through <= 2.0.7.
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Related Threats
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
Path traversal in public-facing WordPress plugin enables unauthenticated remote exploitation (T1190) and arbitrary file deletion causing DoS (T1485).
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Mitigating Controls
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
Directly remediates the path traversal flaw in the Helloprint WordPress plugin through timely patching, eliminating the vulnerability to arbitrary file deletion.
Validates user-supplied pathnames to prevent traversal sequences like '../', blocking unauthorized access and deletion outside restricted directories.
Monitors and filters network traffic at boundaries to detect and block path traversal payloads targeting the vulnerable plugin endpoint.