# CVE-2025-23915: WordPress FAT Event Lite plugin <= 1.1 - Authenticated Non-Arbitrary Local File Inclusion vulnerability

> Authenticated attackers can exploit a local file inclusion vulnerability in the FAT Event Lite plugin to read arbitrary files on the server.

- **Severity:** High 7.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/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:** 16 Jan 2025
- **Updated:** 28 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-rqfm-55j7-9vwg

## What is CVE-2025-23915?

CVE-2025-23915 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in roninwp FAT Event Lite, published on 16 Jan 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program ('PHP Remote File Inclusion') vulnerability in roninwp FAT Event Lite fat-event-lite allows PHP Local File Inclusion.This issue affects FAT Event Lite: from n/a through <= 1.1.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-23915?


## How do I fix CVE-2025-23915?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-23915 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-23915 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-23915 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-23915 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-23915 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in roninwp FAT Event Lite, published on 16 Jan 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-2025-23915 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: roninwp FAT Event Lite. 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-2025-23915/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-23915/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-23915
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-23915
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-23915

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-23915/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.