CVE-2025-28955 WordPress Easy Video Player Wordpress & WooCommerce plugin <= 10.0 - Arbitrary File Download Vulnerability
Attackers can exploit a path traversal flaw in the Easy Video Player plugin to download 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-2025-28955?
CVE-2025-28955 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in FWDesign Easy Video Player Wordpress & WooCommerce, published on 16 Jul 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in FWDesign Easy Video Player Wordpress & WooCommerce fwdevp allows Path Traversal.This issue affects Easy Video Player Wordpress & WooCommerce: from n/a through <= 10.0.
Weakness: CWE-22
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-28955?
How do I fix CVE-2025-28955?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-28955 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-2025-28955 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-28955 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-424g-qc5w-mhw6.