CVE-2025-47496

WordPress PublishPress Authors plugin <= 4.7.5 - Local File Inclusion Vulnerability

7.5 High

Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program ('PHP Remote File Inclusion') vulnerability in PublishPress PublishPress Authors publishpress-authors allows PHP Local File Inclusion.This issue affects PublishPress Authors: from n/a through <= 4.7.5.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

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

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality: High
Integrity: High
Availability: High

Exploit likelihood

0.78%Up 0.7 points since May 8, 2025

What each source reports

CVE List Score used 7.5

WordPress PublishPress Authors plugin <= 4.7.5 - Local File Inclusion Vulnerability

Record: CVE-2025-47496
CVSS 3.1: 7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness: CWE-98
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2025-13827 7.5

Record: EUVD-2025-13827
CVSS 3.1: 7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated: 2026-11-02

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-q32v-732h-5jhm 7.5

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 PublishPress PublishPress Authors allows PHP Local File Inclusion. This issue affects PublishPress Authors: from n/a through 4.7.5.

Record: GHSA-q32v-732h-5jhm
CVSS 3.1: 7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness: CWE-98
Updated: 2026-11-02

NVD 7.5

Record: CVE-2025-47496
CVSS 3.1: 7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness: CWE-98
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

publishpress authors

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-2025-47496 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Publishpress Authors, published May 7, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.78%, the 56th percentile. No source names a fixed version.