Description

The Custom Query Shortcode plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Path Traversal in all versions up to, and including, 0.4.0 via the 'lens' parameter. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to read the contents of files on the server, which can contain sensitive information.

INFO

Published Date :

2025-08-25T09:23:49.848Z

Last Modified :

2026-04-08T17:11:44.067Z

Source :

Wordfence
AFFECTED PRODUCTS

The following products are affected by CVE-2025-8562 vulnerability.

Vendors Products
Wordpress
  • Wordpress
REFERENCES

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information to CVE-2025-8562.

URL Resource
https://github.com/peterhebert/custom-query-shortcode/pull/1 cve-icon cve-icon
https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/custom-query-shortcode/tags/0.4.0/init.php cve-icon cve-icon
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3348818/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://wordpress.org/plugins/custom-query-shortcode/#developers cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/9e37c664-76ed-4ede-88fd-e41b9969685f?source=cve cve-icon cve-icon
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