CVE-2025-60223

WPBot Pro Wordpress Chatbot <= 13.6.5 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary File Deletion

2025-05-19 00:00

Strategic Overview

Status: Unpatched
Affected Plugin: WPBot Pro Wordpress Chatbot
Affected Version: <= 13.6.5
CVSS: 8.1High
Weakness type: CWE-22 · Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory
CVE: CVE-2025-60223

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At a glance

CVE-2025-60223 is a high-severity Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory vulnerability in the WPBot Pro Wordpress Chatbot WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 13.6.5. It carries a CVSS score of 8.1 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity; high integrity, availability impact). Exploitation requires an authenticated account at Subscriber level or above. No fixed release has been reported yet; treat installations running this software as exposed. Disclosed May 2025, reported by Tran Nguyen Bao Khanh.

Vulnerability Overview

The WPBot Pro Wordpress Chatbot plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Arbitrary File Deletion in versions up to, and including, 13.6.5. This is due to insufficient validation of a user supplied path. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to delete arbitrary files on the server, which can lead to a site takeover when a configuration file is removed.

Technical Analysis

The vector marks this flaw as remotely reachable over the network, with low attack complexity — no special timing or configuration is needed, and no interaction from a victim user. A successful exploit has high impact on integrity, availability.

CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory

Reaching this weakness in WPBot Pro Wordpress Chatbot <= 13.6.5 takes an account at Subscriber level or above. Path traversal happens when user-controlled text is used to build a filesystem path without being constrained to an intended directory, so sequences like ../ walk the resolved path somewhere else.

Depending on the operation, it means reading files outside the intended folder — wp-config.php being the usual target — or writing to and deleting paths the web server can touch. No fixed build of this plugin is recorded for WPBot Pro Wordpress Chatbot yet, so installs running <= 13.6.5 stay exposed until the vendor ships one.

Remediation

No known patch available. Please review the vulnerability's details in depth and employ mitigations based on your organization's risk tolerance. It may be best to uninstall the affected software and find a replacement.

How does WordSec protect against this?

An attacker needs Subscriber access first, so the firewall sees the attempt as traffic from a logged-in account: WordSec's web application firewall inspects request payloads before WordPress loads them. No patched version is recorded yet, which is the case where a filtering layer matters most, because there is nothing to update to.

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External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-60223 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/8936f366-fd3d-4d82-9b11-e040f706511e https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-60223

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CVSS Vector

8.1

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

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredLow
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityNone
IntegrityHigh
AvailabilityHigh

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