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CVE-2025-7778: Icons Factory <= 1.6.12 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Deletion via delete_files() Function

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2025-08-15 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-285

Description

The Icons Factory plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Arbitrary File Deletion due to insufficient authorization and improper path validation within the delete_files() function in all versions up to, and including, 1.6.12. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to to delete arbitrary files on the server, which can easily lead to remote code execution when the right file is deleted (such as wp-config.php).

Affected products

• artkrylov Icons Factory: through 1.6.12

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/icons-factory/tags/1.6.12/icons-factory.php#L1330
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/icons-factory/#developers
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/24f31bbf-883f-4903-847a-7bfc3e45654c?source=cve

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