CVE-2025-68552 WordPress WooCommerce Coming Soon Product with Countdown plugin <= 5.0 - Local File Inclusion vulnerability

High 7.5 Published Updated

Attackers can exploit a local file inclusion vulnerability in the WooCommerce Coming Soon Product with Countdown plugin to read arbitrary files on the server.

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-2025-68552?

CVE-2025-68552 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in WebCodingPlace WooCommerce Coming Soon Product with Countdown, published on 20 Feb 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program ('PHP Remote File Inclusion') vulnerability in WebCodingPlace WooCommerce Coming Soon Product with Countdown woo-coming-soon-product allows PHP Local File Inclusion.This issue affects WooCommerce Coming Soon Product with Countdown: from n/a through <= 5.0.

Weakness: CWE-98

Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-68552?

How do I fix CVE-2025-68552?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-68552 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-2025-68552 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-68552 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-7cjr-h9q5-mgrf.

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