CVE-2025-14867 (GCVE-0-2025-14867)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-01-07 06:36 – Updated: 2026-01-07 16:13
VLAI?
Title
Flashcard Plugin for WordPress <= 0.9 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Arbitrary File Read via Path Traversal
Summary
The Flashcard plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Path Traversal in all versions up to, and including, 0.9 via the 'source' attribute of the 'flashcard' shortcode. 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.
Severity ?
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-22 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
liangshao Flashcard Plugin for WordPress Affected: * , ≤ 0.9 (semver)
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Credits
Bhumividh Treloges
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