Path traversal in Hot Random Image - CVE-2025-4419
Published: May 27, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU109847
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-4419
CWE-ID: CWE-22
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: HotThemes
Affected software:
Hot Random Image
Hot Random Image
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform directory traversal attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to input validation error when processing directory traversal sequences in the "path" parameter. A remote user can send a specially crafted HTTP request and read arbitrary files on the system.
How to mitigate CVE-2025-4419
Install updates from vendor's website.
Sources
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/hot-random-image/tags/1.9.2/hot_random_image.php#L57
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3298033/
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/hot-random-image/#developers
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d6628232-0bd1-4194-8322-36084b1eb0f7?source=cve