High severity8.7NVD Advisory· Published Oct 30, 2026· Updated Oct 30, 2026

CVE-2025-8574

Description

The Database Cleaner plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary table deletion in all versions up to, and including, 1.4.7. This is due to a lack of restriction on database tables that can be deleted. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Administrator-level access and above, to delete core WordPress tables.

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/database-cleaner/trunk/classes/rest.phpnvd
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3774510/nvd
www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/22d6aa93-b265-41eb-9be9-cd066292f2eanvd

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