CVE-2025-22305

WordPress Hero Banner Ultimate plugin <= 1.4.4 - Local File Inclusion vulnerability

6.5 Medium

Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program ('PHP Remote File Inclusion') vulnerability in Essential Plugin Hero Banner Ultimate hero-banner-ultimate allows PHP Local File Inclusion.This issue affects Hero Banner Ultimate: from n/a through <= 1.4.4.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector: Network
Complexity: Low
Privileges needed: Low
User interaction: None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality: High
Integrity: None
Availability: None

Exploit likelihood

0.56%Up 0.5 points since Jan 8, 2025

What each source reports

CVE List Score used 6.5

WordPress Hero Banner Ultimate plugin <= 1.4.4 - Local File Inclusion vulnerability

Record: CVE-2025-22305
CVSS 3.1: 6.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weakness: CWE-98
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2025-2705 6.5

Record: EUVD-2025-2705
CVSS 3.1: 6.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Updated: 2026-11-02

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-h2jh-5338-vh22 6.5

Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program ('PHP Remote File...

Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program ('PHP Remote File Inclusion') vulnerability in WP OnlineSupport, Essential Plugin Hero Banner Ultimate allows PHP Local File Inclusion.This issue affects Hero Banner Ultimate: from n/a through 1.4.2.

Record: GHSA-h2jh-5338-vh22
CVSS 3.1: 6.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weakness: CWE-98
Updated: 2026-11-02

NVD 6.5

Record: CVE-2025-22305
CVSS 3.1: 6.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weakness: CWE-98
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2025-22305 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in Essential Plugin Hero Banner Ultimate, published January 7, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.56%, the 47th percentile. No source names a fixed version.