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CVE-2025-2505: Age Gate <= 3.5.3 - Unauthenticated Local PHP File Inclusion via 'lang'

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 4.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2025-03-20 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-22

Description

The Age Gate plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Local PHP File Inclusion in all versions up to, and including, 3.5.3 via the 'lang' parameter. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to include and execute arbitrary PHP files on the server, allowing the execution of code in those files. This can be used to bypass access controls, obtain sensitive data, or achieve code execution in cases where images and other “safe” file types can be uploaded and included.

Affected products

• philsbury Age Gate: through 3.5.3

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/age-gate/trunk/vendor/agegate/common/src/Settings.php#L27
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3258075/
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d6ac2996-098f-474c-b44e-78d5af7b503a?source=cve

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