CVE-2025-47512

WordPress Tainacan plugin <= 0.21.14 - Arbitrary File Deletion vulnerability

8.6 High

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in tainacan Tainacan tainacan allows Path Traversal.This issue affects Tainacan: from n/a through <= 0.21.14.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector: Network
Complexity: Low
Privileges needed: None
User interaction: None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality: None
Integrity: None
Availability: High

Exploit likelihood

0.54%Up 0.5 points since May 24, 2025

What each source reports

CVE List Score used 8.6

WordPress Tainacan plugin <= 0.21.14 - Arbitrary File Deletion vulnerability

Record: CVE-2025-47512
CVSS 3.1: 8.6 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness: CWE-22
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2025-28088 8.6

Record: EUVD-2025-28088
CVSS 3.1: 8.6 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated: 2026-11-02

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-746h-9hhm-mgv6 8.6

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in...

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in tainacan Tainacan allows Path Traversal. This issue affects Tainacan: from n/a through 0.21.14.

Record: GHSA-746h-9hhm-mgv6
CVSS 3.1: 8.6 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness: CWE-22
Updated: 2026-11-02

NVD 8.6

Record: CVE-2025-47512
CVSS 3.1: 8.6 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness: CWE-22
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

tainacan

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2025-47512 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.6) in Tainacan, published May 23, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.54%, the 45th percentile. No source names a fixed version.