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CVE-2025-53298 (GCVE-0-2025-53298)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-06-27 13:21 – Updated: 2026-04-28 16:13

Title

WordPress Plugin Inspector plugin <= 1.5 - Arbitrary File Download Vulnerability

Summary

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in gioni Plugin Inspector plugin-inspector allows Path Traversal.This issue affects Plugin Inspector: from n/a through <= 1.5.

Severity

4.9 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2025-06-27 13:47 UTC

CWE

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

Assigner

Patchstack mitre root

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/…	vdb-entry

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version	CPE status
gioni	Plugin Inspector	Affected: 0 , ≤ 1.5 (custom)	guessed

Date Public

2026-04-01 16:41

Credits

Nguyen Ngoc Quang Bach (maysbachs) | Patchstack Bug Bounty Program

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FKIE_CVE-2025-53298

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2025-06-27 14:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 09:37

Severity

4.9 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Summary

References

	URL	Tags
	audit@patchstack.com	https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/plugin-inspector/vulnerability/wordpress-plugin-inspector-plugin-1-5-arbitrary-file-download-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version

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GHSA-M9RC-J43P-P779

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-06-27 15:31 – Updated: 2026-04-01 18:35

Details

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in gioni Plugin Inspector allows Path Traversal. This issue affects Plugin Inspector: from n/a through 1.5.

Severity

4.9 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

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