CVE-2025-12824 Player Leaderboard 1.0.0 - 1.0.2 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Local File Inclusion
Authenticated contributors can exploit a local file inclusion vulnerability in the Player Leaderboard plugin to execute arbitrary PHP code or read sensitive data.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-12824?
CVE-2025-12824 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in tharkun69 Player Leaderboard, published on 12 Dec 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Player Leaderboard plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Local File Inclusion in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.2 via the 'player_leaderboard' shortcode. This is due to the plugin using an unsanitized user-supplied value from the shortcode's 'mode' attribute in a call to include() without proper path validation. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to include and execute arbitrary PHP files on the server, allowing the execution of any PHP code in those files. This can be used to bypass access controls, obtain sensitive data, or achieve full remote code execution if combined with file upload capabilities.
Weakness: CWE-22
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-12824?
How do I fix CVE-2025-12824?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-12824 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.
Is CVE-2025-12824 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-12824 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-v9fh-g7wh-f682.