Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2025-47670

CVE-2025-47670:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

A Local File Inclusion vulnerability (CVE-2025-47670) was discovered in the WordPress Social Login and Register plugin affecting versions up to 7.6.10. The vulnerability was reported by security researcher LVT-tholv2k on March 24, 2025, and was publicly disclosed on May 21, 2025 (Patchstack Database).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified as an Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program (PHP Remote File Inclusion) issue, identified as CWE-98. It received a CVSS v3.1 score of 8.1 (High), with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H, indicating that it can be exploited remotely without requiring privileges or user interaction (Patchstack Database).

Impact

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

Mitigation and workarounds

As of the disclosure date, no official fix is available for this vulnerability. However, Patchstack has issued a virtual patch to mitigate the issue by blocking potential attacks until an official fix becomes available (Patchstack Database).