CVE-2025-64253

Health Check & Troubleshooting <= 1.7.1 - Authenticated (Admin+) Path Traversal

lowImproper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

2.7

CVSS Score

2.7

CVSS Score

low

Severity

Unpatched

Patched in

N/A

Time to patch

Description

The Health Check & Troubleshooting plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Path Traversal in all versions up to, and including, 1.7.1. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Administrator-level access and above, to perform actions on files outside of the originally intended directory.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

High

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

None

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

None

Availability

Technical Details

Affected versions<=1.7.1

PublishedDecember 15, 2025

Last updatedDecember 20, 2025

Affected pluginhealth-check

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/941aef7f-435b-4e59-8d55-f95800233c80?source=api-prod

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