What is CVE-2025-12824?

CVE-2025-12824 is a high-severity vulnerability in Tharkun69 Player Leaderboard, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2025-12-12.

How severe is CVE-2025-12824?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Path Traversal in Tharkun69 Player Leaderboard

CVE-2025-12824

The Player Leaderboard plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Local File Inclusion in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.2 via the 'player_leaderboard' shortcode. This is due to the plugin using an unsanitized user-supplied value from the shortcode's 'mode' attribute in a call to include() without proper path validation. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to include and execute arbitrary PHP files on the server, allowing the execution of any PHP code in those files. This can be used to bypass access controls, obtain sensitive data, or achieve full remote code execution if combined with file upload capabilities.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

EPSS: 0.007 (50.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Tharkun69 Player Leaderboard — versions 1.0.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-12824?: CVE-2025-12824 is a high-severity vulnerability in Tharkun69 Player Leaderboard, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2025-12-12.
How severe is CVE-2025-12824?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.