CVE-2025-0859

Feb. 6, 2025, 10:15 a.m.

6.5
Medium

Description

The Post and Page Builder by BoldGrid – Visual Drag and Drop Editor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Path Traversal in all versions up to, and including, 1.27.6 via the template_via_url() function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to read the contents of arbitrary files on the server, which can contain sensitive information.

Product(s) Impacted

Product Versions
WordPress Post and Page Builder by BoldGrid
  • ['up to 1.27.6']

Weaknesses

Common security weaknesses mapped to this vulnerability.

CWE-22
Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory.

References

https://github.com/BoldGrid/post-and-page-builder/pull/638/commits/10e4d1d96fd2735379049259d15896fa6dd35471
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/post-and-page-builder/trunk/includes/class-boldgrid-editor-preview.php#L178
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?old=3234175&old_path=post-and-page-builder%2Ftags%2F1.27.7%2Fincludes%2Fclass-boldgrid-editor-preview.php&new=3234175&new_path=post-and-page-builder%2Ftags%2F1.27.7%2Fincludes%2Fclass-boldgrid-editor-preview.php
https://wordpress.org/plugins/post-and-page-builder/#developers
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/111a1e7f-bc87-4130-a0b2-422d0f98afb6?source=cve

Tags

security@wordfence.com
CWE-22
2025-02-06
CVE-2025-0859

CVSS Score

6.5 / 10

CVSS Data - 3.1

  • Attack Vector: NETWORK
  • Attack Complexity: LOW
  • Privileges Required: LOW
  • Scope: UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact: HIGH
  • Integrity Impact: NONE
  • Availability Impact: NONE

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

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Timeline

Published: Feb. 6, 2025, 10:15 a.m.
Last Modified: Feb. 6, 2025, 10:15 a.m.

Status : Awaiting Analysis

CVE has been recently published to the CVE List and has been received by the NVD.

More info

Source

security@wordfence.com

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