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CVE-2025-47496: WordPress PublishPress Authors plugin <= 4.7.5 - Local File Inclusion Vulnerability

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2025-05-07 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-98

Description

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.

Affected products

• PublishPress Authors: through 4.7.5

References

• https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/publishpress-authors/vulnerability/wordpress-publishpress-authors-4-7-5-local-file-inclusion-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

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