CVE-2025-31050 WordPress Apptha Slider Gallery plugin <= 2.5 - Arbitrary File Read vulnerability
An attacker can read arbitrary files from the server via a path traversal vulnerability in the Apptha Slider Gallery WordPress plugin.
- 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-2025-31050?
CVE-2025-31050 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in appthaplugins Apptha Slider Gallery, published on 9 Jun 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 appthaplugins Apptha Slider Gallery apptha-slider-gallery allows Path Traversal.This issue affects Apptha Slider Gallery: from n/a through <= 2.5.
Weakness: CWE-22
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-31050?
How do I fix CVE-2025-31050?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-31050 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-2025-31050 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-31050 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-hq4j-6vc8-p847.