CVE-2025-53328 WordPress Poll, Survey & Quiz Maker Plugin by Opinion Stage Plugin <= 19.11.0 - Local File Inclusion Vulnerability

High 7.5 Published Updated

Attackers can exploit a local file inclusion vulnerability in the Opinion Stage WordPress plugin to read arbitrary files from the server.

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
None listed

What is CVE-2025-53328?

CVE-2025-53328 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in Poll, Survey & Quiz Maker Plugin by Opinion Stage, published on 28 Aug 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 Opinion Stage Poll, Survey & Quiz Maker Plugin by Opinion Stage social-polls-by-opinionstage allows PHP Local File Inclusion.This issue affects Poll, Survey & Quiz Maker Plugin by Opinion Stage: from n/a through <= 19.11.0.

Weakness: CWE-98

Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-53328?

How do I fix CVE-2025-53328?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-53328 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-2025-53328 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-53328 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-4jhf-jqwp-72jc.

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