CVE-2025-13801 (GCVE-0-2025-13801)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-01-07 09:21 – Updated: 2026-01-07 14:37
VLAI?
Title
Yoco Payments <= 3.8.8 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Read
Summary
The Yoco Payments plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Path Traversal in all versions up to, and including, 3.8.8 via the file parameter. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to read the contents of arbitrary files on the server, which can contain sensitive information.
Severity ?
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-22 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
yocoadmin Yoco Payments Affected: * , ≤ 3.8.8 (semver)
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Credits
NumeX
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