CVE-2025-8574

CVSS 8.7 (high) · published 2026-10-30

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.

Weakness: CWE-284

Source: NVD CVE-2025-8574

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/database-cleaner/trunk/classes/rest.php#L765
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3774510/
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/22d6aa93-b265-41eb-9be9-cd066292f2ea?source=cve

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