# CVE-2025-1707: Review Schema <= 2.2.4 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Local File Inclusion via Post Meta

> Authenticated contributors can exploit a local file inclusion vulnerability in the Review Schema plugin to execute arbitrary PHP code or read sensitive data.

- **Severity:** High 8.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 11 Mar 2025
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-vcmc-mpwr-fpjf

## What is CVE-2025-1707?

CVE-2025-1707 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in techlabpro1 Review Schema – Review & Structure Data Schema Plugin, published on 11 Mar 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Review Schema plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Local File Inclusion in all versions up to, and including, 2.2.4 via post meta. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level and above permissions, to include and execute arbitrary 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 code execution in cases where php file type can be uploaded and included.

Weakness: CWE-98 (Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-1707?


## How do I fix CVE-2025-1707?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-1707 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-1707 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-1707 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-1707 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-1707 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in techlabpro1 Review Schema – Review & Structure Data Schema Plugin, published on 11 Mar 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-1707 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: techlabpro1 Review Schema – Review & Structure Data Schema Plugin. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-1707/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-1707/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-1707
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-1707
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-1707

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-1707/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.