CVE-2025-11988
Crypto Tool <= 2.22 - Missing Authentication to Unauthenticated Limited File Deletion
- Published
- Nov 11, 2025
- Updated
- Apr 8, 2026
- Assigning CNA
- Wordfence
- Evidence observed
- Aug 8, 2026
Primary CVSS
nvd · CVSS 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:NLow · next 30 days
- Percentile
- 27.4%
- Model date
- Sep 21, 2026
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Summary
The Crypto plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized manipulation of data in all versions up to, and including, 2.22. This is due to the plugin registering an unauthenticated AJAX action (wp_ajax_nopriv_crypto_connect_ajax_process) that allows calling the crypto_delete_json method with only a publicly-available nonce check. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to delete specific JSON files matching the pattern *_pending.json within the wp-content/uploads/yak/ directory, causing data loss and denial of service for plugin workflows that rely on these artifacts.
Sources
1Proof-of-concept exploit for CVE-2025-11988, demonstrating unauthenticated arbitrary JSON file deletion in WordPress Crypto plugin via crafted AJAX requests.
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