CVE-2025-48158

WordPress BuddyPress XProfile Custom Image Field Plugin <= 3.0.1 - Arbitrary File Deletion Vulnerability

8.6 High

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in Alex Githatu BuddyPress XProfile Custom Image Field buddypress-xprofile-image-field allows Path Traversal.This issue affects BuddyPress XProfile Custom Image Field: from n/a through <= 3.0.1.

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

0.52%Up 0.5 points since Aug 20, 2025

What each source reports

CVE List Score used 8.6

WordPress BuddyPress XProfile Custom Image Field Plugin <= 3.0.1 - Arbitrary File Deletion Vulnerability

Record: CVE-2025-48158
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-2025-25374 8.6

Record: EUVD-2025-25374
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-fw2c-m258-65f8 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 Alex Githatu BuddyPress XProfile Custom Image Field allows Path Traversal. This issue affects BuddyPress XProfile Custom Image Field: from n/a through 3.0.1.

Record: GHSA-fw2c-m258-65f8
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-2025-48158
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

alex githatu buddypress xprofile custom image field

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-2025-48158 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.6) in Alex Githatu Buddypress Xprofile Custom Image Field, published August 20, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.52%, the 44th percentile. No source names a fixed version.