Path Traversal in Post Slides

CVE-2025-15491

The Post Slides WordPress plugin through 1.0.1 does not validate some shortcode attributes before using them to generate paths passed to include function/s, allowing any authenticated users such as with contributor or higher roles to perform LFI attacks

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

Published · last modified .

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (18.0th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 18th percentile — 18.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2025-15491: held from 0.003 to 0.003.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: +0.000

Affected products

  • Post Slides — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-15491?
CVE-2025-15491 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Post Slides, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2026-02-07.
How severe is CVE-2025-15491?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.