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CVE-2025-4419

Published: May 22, 2025

Modified: Apr 8, 2026

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

4.3

MEDIUM

Description

The Hot Random Image plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Path Traversal in all versions up to, and including, 1.9.2 via the 'path' parameter. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to access arbitrary images with allowed extensions, outside of the originally intended directory.

Vendor	Product	Versions
hotwptemplates	Hot Random Image	affected `0 - <= 1.9.2`

Weaknesses (CWE)

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

None

Availability

None

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d6628232-0bd1-4194-8322-36084b1eb0f7?source=cve

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/hot-random-image/tags/1.9.2/hot_random_image.php#L57

https://wordpress.org/plugins/hot-random-image/#developers

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3298033/

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