CVE-2025-4419

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Description

The Hot Random Image plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Path Traversal in all versions up to, and including, 1.9.2 via the 'path' parameter. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to access arbitrary images with allowed extensions, outside of the originally intended directory.

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d6628232-0bd1-4194-8322-36084b1eb0f7?source=cve

https://wordpress.org/plugins/hot-random-image/#developers

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3298033/

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/hot-random-image/tags/1.9.2/hot_random_image.php#L57

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2025-05-22

Updated: 2025-05-23

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00038