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CVE-2025-7518

CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

CVSS v3.1: 4.9 (MEDIUM) Published: July 12, 2025 View on NVD →

Description

The RSFirewall! plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Path Traversal in all versions up to, and including, 1.1.42 via the get_local_filename() function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Administrator-level access and above, to read the contents of arbitrary files on the server, which can contain sensitive information.

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions Affected
rsjoomla	RSFirewall!	* (<= 1.1.42) (affected)

CVSS Score & Vector

Base Score: 4.9 (MEDIUM)

Vector (v3.1):
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Credits / Discoverer

Robert Kruczek
Kamil Szczurowski

References & Advisories

🔗 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/fd7b0eef-3b8e-4272-bbd7-ad52088d0835?source=cve
🔗 https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3306173%40rsfirewall&new=3306173%40rsfirewall&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=