CVE-2025-8574
highThe Database Cleaner plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary table deletion in all versions up to, and including, 1.4.7.
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.
CVSS
8.7
8.7 (CVSS v3.1)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H Severity source: NVD CVSS v3.1 (security@wordfence.com)
Timeline (UTC)
Published: 2026-10-30 18:17
Modified: 2026-10-30 19:17
NVD status: Deferred
Last synced 17 hours ago
Verified against the source API 2026-10-30 19:20 UTC
Exploitation
Not listed in CISA KEV (as of last catalog sync)
Absence from KEV does not mean a CVE is not exploited. Exploitation status: unknown (no authoritative evidence in our sources).
Affected products
Not reported by the source (unknown — not "none").
Weakness classification (CWE)
Source: NVD / CISA. “NVD-CWE-Other” and “NVD-CWE-noinfo” mean NVD could not assign a specific weakness.
Mitigation & advisories
No vendor advisory or patch reference tagged by NVD. Check the references below.
References
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/database-cleaner/trunk/classes/rest.php#L765 security@wordfence.com
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3774510/ security@wordfence.com
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/22d6aa93-b265-41eb-9be9-cd066292... security@wordfence.com
Data sources
NVD CVE API 2.0 — fetched 2026-10-30 19:20 UTC · record ↗