WordPress Plugin Inspector plugin <= 1.5 - Arbitrary File Download Vulnerability
Priority LOW 23CWE-22Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- High
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Information disclosure
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · None · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-22 and the CVSS impact.
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.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00495 42nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
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-2025-53298
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-m9rc-j43p-p779
Sources
- CVE-2025-53298 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-53298 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-m9rc-j43p-p779 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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