CVE-2025-8562

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Source

https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-8562

Import Source

https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2025-8562.json

JSON Data

https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2025-8562

Published

2025-08-25T09:23:49.848Z

Modified

2026-07-15T01:49:11.908758419Z

Severity

6.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N CVSS Calculator

Summary

Custom Query Shortcode <= 0.4.0 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Path Traversal via lens Parameter

Details

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.

Database specific

{
    "cwe_ids": [
        "CWE-22"
    ],
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2025/8xxx/CVE-2025-8562.json",
    "cna_assigner": "Wordfence"
}

References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/peterhebert/custom-query-shortcode

Affected ranges

Type

GIT

Repo

https://github.com/peterhebert/custom-query-shortcode

Events

Introduced

Last affected

dee892672137da2617270d5ceb8adefdcbbac75d

Database specific

{
    "extracted_events": [
        {
            "introduced": "0"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "0.4.0"
        }
    ],
    "source": "AFFECTED_FIELD"
}

Affected versions

0.*

0.2.2

0.2.3

0.2.4

0.2.5

0.3

0.4.0

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2025-8562.json"