CVE-2025-31053: WordPress KBx Pro Ultimate plugin < 8.0.5 - Arbitrary File Deletion Vulnerability

Severity: high (CVSS 7.7 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2025-05-23 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-22

Description

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in quantumcloud KBx Pro Ultimate knowledgebase-helpdesk-pro allows Path Traversal.This issue affects KBx Pro Ultimate: from n/a through < 8.0.5.

Affected products

quantumcloud KBx Pro Ultimate: through 8.0.5

References

https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/knowledgebase-helpdesk-pro/vulnerability/wordpress-kbx-pro-ultimate-7-9-8-arbitrary-file-deletion-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

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