CVE-2025-8574: tigroumeow Database Cleaner: Cleanup, Optimization & Repair (High, CVSS 8.7)
- CVSS
- 8.7 High (v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild
- Not on CISA’s KEV list
- Public exploit
- None reported in public exploit databases
- Weakness
- CWE-284
- Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H- Published
- Oct 30, 2026
What it is
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.
Description from the National Vulnerability Database.
What to do
Check whether you run tigroumeow Database Cleaner: Cleanup, Optimization & Repair, then apply the vendor’s fix or mitigation from the advisories below.
Sources: NVD, FIRST EPSS, CISA KEV, and public exploit databases (availability only). ThreatRoundup reports whether public exploit code exists but never links to it: fake proof-of-concepts that infect security researchers are common. This page updates automatically.