CVE-2025-32141: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

A Local File Inclusion vulnerability (CVE-2025-32141) was discovered in Stylemix MasterStudy LMS WordPress plugin affecting versions up to 3.5.23. The vulnerability was reported on February 18, 2025, and publicly disclosed on April 4, 2025. This security issue is classified as an Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program vulnerability (NVD, Patchstack).

The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 8.8 (HIGH) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H. The issue is categorized under CWE-98 (Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program). The vulnerability requires Contributor or higher level privileges to exploit (Patchstack).

This vulnerability could allow a malicious actor to include local files of the target website and display their contents. Particularly concerning is the potential access to files containing sensitive information such as database credentials, which could lead to a complete database takeover depending on the system configuration (Patchstack).

The vulnerability has been fixed in version 3.5.29 of the MasterStudy LMS plugin. Users are advised to update to version 3.5.29 or later to remove the vulnerability. Patchstack users have the option to enable auto-updates for vulnerable plugins (Patchstack).