fkie_nvd - fkie_cve-2025-54021

fkie_cve-2025-54021

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd

Published

2025-08-20 08:15

Modified

2025-08-20 14:39

Severity ?

7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Summary

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in Mitchell Bennis Simple File List allows Path Traversal. This issue affects Simple File List: from n/a through 6.1.14.

References

▼	URL	Tags
	audit@patchstack.com	https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/simple-file-list/vulnerability/wordpress-simple-file-list-6-1-14-arbitrary-file-download-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version

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CVE-2025-54021 (GCVE-0-2025-54021)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

Published

2025-08-20 08:03

Modified

2025-08-20 15:14

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')

Summary

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in Mitchell Bennis Simple File List allows Path Traversal. This issue affects Simple File List: from n/a through 6.1.14.

References

▼	URL	Tags
	https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/simple-file-list/vulnerability/wordpress-simple-file-list-6-1-14-arbitrary-file-download-vulnerability?_s_id=cve	vdb-entry

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	Mitchell Bennis	Simple File List	Version: n/a <

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