What is CVE-2025-15433?

CVE-2025-15433 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Shared Files, classified under CWE-22 IMPROPER LIMITATION OF A PATHNAME TO A RESTRICTED DIRECTORY ('PATH TRAVERSAL'). CVSS score: 6.8/10. Published 2026-03-26.

How severe is CVE-2025-15433?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Shared Files

CVE-2025-15433

The Shared Files WordPress plugin before 1.7.58 allows users with a role as low as Contributor to download any file on the web server (such as wp-config.php) via a path traversal vector

Published 2026-03-26 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (34.9th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 35th percentile — 34.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Shared Files — versions 0

References

wpscan.com/vulnerability/893667a1-dc8f-476a-ac00-55752fface90/ (technical-description, exploit, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-15433?: CVE-2025-15433 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Shared Files, classified under CWE-22 IMPROPER LIMITATION OF A PATHNAME TO A RESTRICTED DIRECTORY ('PATH TRAVERSAL'). CVSS score: 6.8/10. Published 2026-03-26.
How severe is CVE-2025-15433?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.8 out of 10.