CVE-2025-58973: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

A Local File Inclusion vulnerability (CVE-2025-58973) was discovered in the WordPress Easy Elementor Addons plugin affecting versions through 2.2.8. The vulnerability was reported by researcher LVT-tholv2k on September 13, 2025, and was publicly disclosed on September 22, 2025. The issue is classified as an Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program vulnerability that affects the hashthemes Easy Elementor Addons plugin (Patchstack).

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 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 (NVD, Patchstack).

This vulnerability could allow a malicious actor to include local files of the target website and display their contents on the screen. 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).

The vulnerability has been fixed in version 2.2.9 of the Easy Elementor Addons plugin. Users are advised to update to version 2.2.9 or later to remove the vulnerability. Patchstack users have the option to enable auto-updates for vulnerable plugins (Patchstack).