CVE-2025-53326: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

The vulnerability identified as CVE-2025-53326 is a Local File Inclusion vulnerability affecting CodeYatri's Gutenify WordPress plugin versions through 1.5.6. The vulnerability was discovered by security researcher LVT-tholv2k and was publicly disclosed on August 26, 2025 (Patchstack).

The vulnerability is classified as CWE-98 (Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program). It has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.5 (High), with the following vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H. The vulnerability is exploitable over the network (AV:N), requires high attack complexity (AC:H), low privileges (PR:L), no user interaction (UI:N), has unchanged scope (S:U), and can result in high impacts to confidentiality, integrity, and availability (Patchstack, AttackerKB).

This vulnerability could allow an attacker to include local files of the target website and display their contents. Particularly sensitive files containing credentials, such as database configuration files, could potentially be exposed, leading to complete database compromise depending on the system configuration (Patchstack).

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