PT-2025-51400 · WordPress · Wordpress Health Check & Troubleshooting

Published 2025-12-16 · Updated 2025-12-17 · CVE-2025-64253

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

4.9

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions WordPress Health Check & Troubleshooting versions through 1.7.1

Description The Health Check & Troubleshooting plugin contains a path traversal flaw. The flaw is due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied input, specifically allowing the use of '.../...//' sequences. This could allow an attacker to access files and directories outside the intended scope.

Recommendations Update WordPress Health Check & Troubleshooting to a version later than 1.7.1.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-35

Related Identifiers

CVE-2025-64253

Affected Products

Wordpress Health Check & Troubleshooting

References · 4

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-64253 · Security Note
• https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/health-check/vulnerability/wordpress-health-check-troubleshooting-plugin-1-7-1-path-traversal-vulnerability?_s_id=cve · Note
• https://vdp.patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/health-check/vulnerability/wordpress-health-check-troubleshooting-plugin-1-7-1-path-traversal-vulnerability?_s_id=cve · Note
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/2001365797856329942 · Twitter Post