CVE-2025-31800 WordPress Publitio plugin <= 2.2.0 - Arbitrary File Read vulnerability
An attacker can read arbitrary files from the server via a path traversal vulnerability in the Publitio WordPress plugin.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-31800?
CVE-2025-31800 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Publitio, published on 3 Apr 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in publitio Publitio publitio allows Path Traversal.This issue affects Publitio: from n/a through <= 2.2.0.
Weakness: CWE-22
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-31800?
How do I fix CVE-2025-31800?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-31800 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-2025-31800 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-31800 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Public exploit code: 1 proofs of concept on GitHub.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-2x9r-wrw3-xf8x.