---
id: CVE-2025-13320
title: >-
  The WP User Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Arbitrary File
  Deletion in all versions up to, and including, 2.9.12
summary: >-
  The WP User Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Arbitrary File
  Deletion in all versions up to, and including, 2.9.12. This is due to
  insufficient validation of user-supplied file paths in the profile update
  functionality combin…
severity: medium
cvss: 6.8
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H'
cwe:
  - CWE-73
published: '2025-12-12'
updated: '2026-10-07'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-07T20:10:01.970'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-13320'
references:
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-user-manager/tags/2.9.12/includes/forms/trait-wpum-account.php#L70
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-user-manager/tags/2.9.12/includes/forms/trait-wpum-account.php#L75
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-user-manager/tags/2.9.12/includes/forms/trait-wpum-account.php#L86
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-user-manager/trunk/includes/forms/trait-wpum-account.php#L70
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-user-manager/trunk/includes/forms/trait-wpum-account.php#L75
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-user-manager/trunk/includes/forms/trait-wpum-account.php#L86
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3420956/wp-user-manager/trunk/includes/forms/trait-wpum-account.php
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/9d8304bf-bec2-4fcf-9fe2-46b626b3dae9?source=cve
    label: security@wordfence.com
tags:
  - nvd
epss: 0.00816
epssPercentile: 0.55689
ingestedAt: '2026-10-07T20:46:46.874Z'
---

## Overview

The WP User Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Arbitrary File Deletion in all versions up to, and including, 2.9.12. This is due to insufficient validation of user-supplied file paths in the profile update functionality combined with improper handling of array inputs by PHP's filter_input() function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to delete arbitrary files on the server via the 'current_user_avatar' parameter in a two-stage attack which can make remote code execution possible. This only affects sites with the custom avatar setting enabled.

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.