CVE-2025-2158: WordPress Review Plugin: The Ultimate Solution for Building a Review Website <= 5.3.5 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Local File Inclusion via Post ...
Description
The WordPress Review Plugin: The Ultimate Solution for Building a Review Website plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Local File Inclusion in all versions up to, and including, 5.3.5 via the Post custom fields. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to include and execute arbitrary files on the server, allowing the execution of any PHP code in those files. This can be used to bypass access controls, obtain sensitive data, or achieve code execution in cases where PHP file types can be uploaded and included, or pearcmd is enabled on a server with register_argc_argv also enabled.
Classification
CVE ID: CVE-2025-2158
CVSS Base Severity: HIGH
CVSS Base Score: 8.8
CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected Products
Vendor: mythemeshop
Product: WordPress Review Plugin: The Ultimate Solution for Building a Review Website
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
EPSS Score: 0.09% (probability of being exploited)
EPSS Percentile: 26.78% (scored less or equal to compared to others)
EPSS Date: 2025-05-20 (when was this score calculated)
References
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-2158https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a058e6bf-109f-4985-8aad-08858553c4c3?source=cve
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-review/tags/5.3.5/includes/shortcodes.php
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-review/tags/5.3.5/includes/functions.php