CVE-2025-2558 The Wound <= 0.0.1 - Unauthenticated LFI
Unauthenticated attackers can exploit a path traversal vulnerability in the Wound WordPress theme to read arbitrary files from the server.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-2558?
CVE-2025-2558 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in Unknown the-wound, published on 24 Apr 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The-wound WordPress theme through 0.0.1 does not validate some parameters before using them to generate paths passed to include function/s, allowing unauthenticated users to perform LFI attacks and download arbitrary file from the server
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-2558?
It affects 1 product.
Products include The Wound Project the Wound.
How do I fix CVE-2025-2558?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-2558 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-2025-2558 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-2558 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Nuclei template.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-4735-w7g7-ghx3.