# CVE-2025-48330: WordPress Real Time Validation for Gravity Forms <= 1.7.0 - Local File Inclusion Vulnerability

> An attacker can exploit a local file inclusion vulnerability in the Real Time Validation for Gravity Forms plugin to read arbitrary files on the server.

- **Severity:** High 7.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 6 Nov 2025
- **Updated:** 28 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-8wj3-h346-q9h6

## What is CVE-2025-48330?

CVE-2025-48330 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in Daman Jeet Real Time Validation for Gravity Forms, published on 6 Nov 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program ('PHP Remote File Inclusion') vulnerability in Daman Jeet Real Time Validation for Gravity Forms real-time-validation-for-gravity-forms allows PHP Local File Inclusion.This issue affects Real Time Validation for Gravity Forms: from n/a through <= 1.7.0.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-48330?


## How do I fix CVE-2025-48330?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-48330 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-48330 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-48330 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-48330 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-48330 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in Daman Jeet Real Time Validation for Gravity Forms, published on 6 Nov 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-48330 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Daman Jeet Real Time Validation for Gravity Forms. 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-2025-48330/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-48330/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-48330
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-48330
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-48330

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-48330/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.