CVE-2025-4689: Ads Pro Plugin - Multi-Purpose WordPress Advertising Manager <= 4.89 - Unauthenticated Local File Inclusion to Remote Code Execution
Description
The Ads Pro Plugin - Multi-Purpose WordPress Advertising Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Local File Inclusion which leads to Remote Code Execution in all versions up to, and including, 4.89. This is due to the presence of a SQL Injection vulnerability and Local File Inclusion vulnerability that can be chained with an image upload. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to execute code on the server upload image files on the server than can be fetched via a SQL injection vulnerability, and ultimately executed as PHP code through the local file inclusion vulnerability.
Classification
CVE ID: CVE-2025-4689
CVSS Base Severity: CRITICAL
CVSS Base Score: 9.8
CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Problem Types
CWE-98 Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program ('PHP Remote File Inclusion')Affected Products
Vendor: scripteo
Product: Ads Pro Plugin - Multi-Purpose WordPress Advertising Manager
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
EPSS Score: 0.15% (probability of being exploited)
EPSS Percentile: 37.08% (scored less or equal to compared to others)
EPSS Date: 2025-07-04 (when was this score calculated)
References
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-4689https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/038ddfcd-093b-4234-a0b8-a3bf9a3d329f?source=cve
https://codecanyon.net/item/ads-pro-plugin-multipurpose-wordpress-advertising-manager/10275010