Check Point Advisories

WordPress HUSKY Plugin Path Traversal (CVE-2025-1661)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2025-0192
Date Published:	7 May 2025
Severity:	Critical
Last Updated:	Wednesday 07 May, 2025
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2025-1661
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?	WordPress HUSKY plugin prior to 1.3.6.6
Vulnerability Description	A path traversal vulnerability exists in WordPress HUSKY plugin. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to access arbitrary files on the affected system.

Protection Overview

This protection detects attempts to exploit this vulnerability.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update. For information on how to update IPS, go to SBP-2006-05, click on Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R81 / R80 / R77 / R75

In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the WordPress HUSKY Plugin Path Traversal (CVE-2025-1661) protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name: WordPress Enforcement Protection.
Attack Information: WordPress HUSKY Plugin Path Traversal (CVE-2025-1661)