Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2025-26905

CVE-2025-26905:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

A Local File Inclusion vulnerability (CVE-2025-26905) was discovered in the Estatik WordPress plugin affecting versions up to 4.1.9. The vulnerability was reported by João Pedro S Alcântara on July 11, 2024, and was publicly disclosed on February 23, 2025. The issue stems from improper limitation of pathname to a restricted directory, allowing potential path traversal attacks (Patchstack).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified as CWE-22 (Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory) and has received a CVSS v3.1 score of 7.5 (High), with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H. The vulnerability requires contributor-level privileges to exploit (Patchstack, NVD).

Impact

The vulnerability could allow an attacker to include local files of the target website and display their contents. This could potentially lead to exposure of sensitive information, including database credentials, which might result in complete database compromise depending on the system configuration (Patchstack).

Mitigation and workarounds

As of the disclosure date, no official fix has been released for this vulnerability. The issue affects versions up to 4.1.9 of the Estatik plugin (Patchstack).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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