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CVE-2025-8385:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
The Zombify plugin for WordPress contains a Path Traversal vulnerability (CVE-2025-8385) affecting all versions up to and including 1.7.5. The vulnerability was discovered and disclosed on October 30, 2025. This security issue impacts WordPress installations using the Zombify plugin and was reported by security researcher Tonn (Wordfence).
Technical details
The vulnerability stems from insufficient input validation in the zf_get_file_by_url function. The issue has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 6.8 (Medium) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N. The vulnerability is classified as CWE-22 (Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory) (NVD).
Impact
When successfully exploited, this vulnerability allows authenticated attackers with subscriber-level access or higher to read arbitrary files on the server, including sensitive system files such as /etc/passwd. The exploitation relies on a race condition, as the generated file is deleted immediately after creation (NVD).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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