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CVE-2025-9516: atec Debug <= 1.2.22 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Arbitrary File Read

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.9 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2025-09-04 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-36

Description

The atec Debug plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file read in all versions up to, and including, 1.2.22 via the 'custom_log' parameter. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Administrator-level access and above, to view the contents of files outside of the originally intended directory.

Affected products

• docjojo atec Debug: through 1.2.22

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/atec-debug/trunk/includes/ATEC/CONFIG.php#L327
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=3355260%40atec-debug%2Ftrunk&old=3342365%40atec-debug%2Ftrunk
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/4bf43620-34ee-4e4f-b6ee-d24fbdbc894e?source=cve

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