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CVE-2025-64253VulnerabilityPublished Updated

CVE-2025-64253: Health Check & Troubleshooting (WordPress plugin) · Path Traversal: '.../...//'

Affects Health Check & Troubleshooting (WordPress plugin)Source CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 4.9 Medium.

Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 07:57 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
4.9Medium
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 40% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 16 Dec 2025

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponised: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 2026-10-26.

What to do

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
WordPress.org Health Check & TroubleshootingAffected
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Fixed in–

AI-suggested

Until an official fix is released, restrict high-privilege access to trusted users only and monitor for suspicious activity related to file access. Avoid exposing the plugin to untrusted users. Follow updates from WordPress.org or the plugin maintainers for patches.

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.

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