Fearless Geek Media FearlessCMS 0.0.2-15 plugin-handler.php deleteDirectory path traversal

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Fearless Geek Media FearlessCMS 0.0.2-15. This vulnerability affects the function deleteDirectory of the file plugin-handler.php. Such manipulation leads to path traversal. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2025-56430. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available.

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A vulnerability was found in Fearless Geek Media FearlessCMS 0.0.2-15 and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is the function deleteDirectory of the file plugin-handler.php. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-22. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:

Directory Traversal vulnerability in Fearless Geek Media FearlessCMS v.0.0.2-15 allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service via the plugin-handler.php and the deleteDirectory function.

The advisory is shared for download at github.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2025-56430 since 08/17/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 12/18/2025). The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1006.

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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.

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• Fearless Geek Media

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• FearlessCMS

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• 0.0.2-15

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