CVE-2025-8562

Summary

The Custom Query Shortcode plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Path Traversal in all versions up to, and including, 0.4.0 via the 'lens' parameter. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to read the contents of files on the server, which can contain sensitive information.

Affected Software

Weaknesses

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

ADP Enrichment

CISA ADP Vulnrichment

• SSVC:
• Exploitation: none
  • Automatable: no
  • Technical Impact: partial

References

• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/9e37c664-76ed-4ede-88fd-e41b9969685f?source=cve
• https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/custom-query-shortcode/tags/0.4.0/init.php
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/custom-query-shortcode/#developers
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3348818/
• https://github.com/peterhebert/custom-query-shortcode/pull/1

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