CVE-2025-30596

WordPress include-file plugin <= 1 - Arbitrary File Download Vulnerability

6.5 Medium

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in tstafford include-file include-file allows Path Traversal.This issue affects include-file: from n/a through <= 1.

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 Apr 4, 2025

What each source reports

CVE List Score used 6.5

WordPress include-file plugin <= 1 - Arbitrary File Download Vulnerability

Record: CVE-2025-30596
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-22
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2025-14798 6.5

Record: EUVD-2025-14798
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-fhr7-jm6m-fgjx 6.5

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in...

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in NotFound include-file allows Path Traversal. This issue affects include-file: from n/a through 1.

Record: GHSA-fhr7-jm6m-fgjx
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-22
Updated: 2026-11-02

NVD 6.5

Record: CVE-2025-30596
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-22
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

tstafford include-file

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-2025-30596 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in Tstafford Include-file, published April 3, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.56%, the 46th percentile. No source names a fixed version.