WordPress DeBounce Email Validator plugin <= 5.7 - Local File Inclusion Vulnerability
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- High
- Impact type
- Code execution
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-98.
Summary
Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program ('PHP Remote File Inclusion') vulnerability in debounce DeBounce Email Validator debounce-io-email-validator allows PHP Local File Inclusion. This issue affects DeBounce Email Validator: from n/a through <= 5.7.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-31098
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-8v8h-5vjj-58xx
More debounce vulnerabilities
- TI-2025-23645 WordPress DeBounce Email Validator plugin <= 5.7.1 - CSRF to Stored XSS vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.1
- TI-2025-18256 WordPress DeBounce Email Validator plugin <= 5.6.5 - Reflected Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.1
- TI-2024-10624 DeBounce Email Validator <= 5.6.5 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
- TI-2024-12382 DeBounce Email Validator <= 5.8.0 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Stored Cross-Site Scripting CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
Sources
- CVE-2025-31098 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-31098 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-8v8h-5vjj-58xx · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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