Image Resizer On The Fly Plugin up to 1.1 on WordPress wp-config.php denial of service

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A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in Image Resizer On The Fly Plugin up to 1.1 on WordPress. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file wp-config.php. The manipulation leads to denial of service. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2025-6065. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit.

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A vulnerability was found in Image Resizer On The Fly Plugin up to 1.1 on WordPress. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown code of the file wp-config.php. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. Impacted is integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The Image Resizer On The Fly plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file deletion due to insufficient file path validation in the 'delete' task in all versions up to, and including, 1.1. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to delete arbitrary files on the server, which can easily lead to remote code execution when the right file is deleted (such as wp-config.php).

The advisory is shared at wordfence.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-6065 since 06/13/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1499 for this issue.

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There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2025-18325). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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• WordPress Plugin

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• Image Resizer On The Fly Plugin

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• 1.0
• 1.1

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