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CVE-2025-7518 Details

ANALYZED

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Description

The RSFirewall! plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Path Traversal in all versions up to, and including, 1.1.42 via the get_local_filename() function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Administrator-level access and above, to read the contents of arbitrary files on the server, which can contain sensitive information.

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

VolerionCVSS-B:4.9 MEDIUMVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

CNA: [email protected]CVSS-B:4.9 MEDIUMVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3306173%40rsfirewall&new=3306173%40rsfirewall&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=	[email protected]	Source CodeVendor
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/fd7b0eef-3b8e-4272-bbd7-ad52088d0835?source=cve	[email protected]	AdvisoryRemedy

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-22	Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
RSFirewall!	<= 1.1.42 (semver)
CPE cpe:2.3:a:rsjoomla:rsfirewall!::::::wordpress::* Remediation Upgrade: 1.1.43moderate effort

Change History

3 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 17, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jun 17, 2026	CVE Modified	CISA-ADP
Jul 12, 2025	New CVE Received	[email protected]