Privilege escalation via crafted directory names
Published Jan 22, 2026 · Updated Jan 22, 2026
Path traversal in WebPros WordPress Toolkit before 6.9.1 allows remote authenticated users to escalate privileges via directory names. The public record identifies WordPress directory-name handling as the locus but does not disclose the operation performed on attacker-controlled names. Low-privileged network access is required; successful exploitation grants elevated control over data and services available to the higher-privileged context.
Summary
What happened
Path traversal in WebPros WordPress Toolkit before 6.9.1 allows remote authenticated users to escalate privileges via directory names. The public record identifies WordPress directory-name handling as the locus but does not disclose the operation performed on attacker-controlled names. Low-privileged network access is required; successful exploitation grants elevated control over data and services available to the higher-privileged context.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-66428
- Published
- Jan 22, 2026
- Updated
- Jan 22, 2026
- Vendor
- Unknown vendor
- Product
- Unknown product
- Classifications
- CWE-269, CWE-22, T1068
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Jan 22, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jan 22, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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