CVE-2025-60073 WordPress Responsive Sidebar plugin <= 1.2.2 - Local File Inclusion vulnerability
Attackers can exploit a local file inclusion flaw in the Responsive Sidebar plugin to read arbitrary files or execute code.
- 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-2025-60073?
CVE-2025-60073 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in Processby Responsive Sidebar, 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 Processby Responsive Sidebar responsive-sidebar allows PHP Local File Inclusion.This issue affects Responsive Sidebar: from n/a through <= 1.2.2.
Weakness: CWE-98
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-60073?
How do I fix CVE-2025-60073?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-60073 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-2025-60073 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-60073 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-c636-m75r-rqxq.