CVE-2025-15433: unknown shared files Path Traversal

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-15433 is a medium (CVSS 6.8) Path Traversal vulnerability in unknown shared files. EPSS estimates a 0.43% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 36% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded. Fixed in 1.7.58.

Timeline

1. 26-03-2026
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 26-03-2026
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The Shared Files WordPress plugin before 1.7.58 allows users with a role as low as Contributor to download any file on the web server (such as wp-config.php) via a path traversal vector

• CWE-22Improper 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.