CVE-2025-53281
WordPress WPB Category Slider for WooCommerce plugin <= 1.71 - Local File Inclusion Vulnerability
Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program ('PHP Remote File Inclusion') vulnerability in WPBean WPB Category Slider for WooCommerce wpb-woocommerce-category-slider allows PHP Local File Inclusion.This issue affects WPB Category Slider for WooCommerce: from n/a through <= 1.71.
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
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
7.5
WordPress WPB Category Slider for WooCommerce plugin <= 1.71 - Local File Inclusion Vulnerability
Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program ('PHP Remote File Inclusion') vulnerability in WPBean WPB Category Slider for WooCommerce wpb-woocommerce-category-slider allows PHP Local File Inclusion.This issue affects WPB Category Slider for WooCommerce: from n/a through <= 1.71.
- Record
CVE-2025-53281- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS: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-2025-19358
7.5
Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program ('PHP Remote File Inclusion') vulnerability in WPBean WPB Category Slider for WooCommerce wpb-woocommerce-category-slider allows PHP Local File Inclusion.This issue affects WPB Category Slider for WooCommerce: from n/a through <= 1.71.
- Record
EUVD-2025-19358- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-99jc-w56c-mf59
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 WPBean WPB Category Slider for WooCommerce allows PHP Local File Inclusion. This issue affects WPB Category Slider for WooCommerce: from n/a through 1.71.
- Record
GHSA-99jc-w56c-mf59- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS: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
Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program ('PHP Remote File Inclusion') vulnerability in WPBean WPB Category Slider for WooCommerce wpb-woocommerce-category-slider allows PHP Local File Inclusion.This issue affects WPB Category Slider for WooCommerce: from n/a through <= 1.71.
- Record
CVE-2025-53281- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS: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
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2025-53281 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Wpbean Wpb Category Slider For Woocommerce, published June 27, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.69%, the 53rd percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/wpb-woocommerce-category-slider/vulnerability/wordpress-wpb-category-slider-for-woocommerce-plugin-1-71-local-file-inclusion-vulnerability?_s_id=cve
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-53281
patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/wpb-woocommerce-category-slider/vulnerability/wordpress-wpb-category-slider-for-woocommerce-plugin-1-71-local-file-inclusion-vulnerability?_s_id=cve
github.com/advisories/GHSA-99jc-w56c-mf59