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CVE-2025-47636:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
CVE-2025-47636 is a Path Traversal vulnerability discovered in Fernando Briano's List Category Posts WordPress plugin, affecting versions through 0.90.3. The vulnerability was disclosed on May 7, 2025, and enables PHP Local File Inclusion attacks (NVD, Wiz).
Technical details
The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base 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 issue is classified as CWE-35 (Path Traversal: '.../...//') and enables attackers to perform local file inclusion attacks (NVD, Patchstack).
Impact
This vulnerability could allow a malicious actor to include local files of the target website and display their contents. Particularly sensitive files containing credentials, such as database configuration files, could be exposed, potentially leading to complete database compromise depending on the system configuration (Patchstack).
Mitigation and workarounds
As of the disclosure date, no official fix is available for this vulnerability. The issue affects versions up to and including 0.90.3 of the List Category Posts plugin (Patchstack).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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