What is CVE-2025-2558?

CVE-2025-2558 is a high-severity vulnerability in The Wound Project, classified under CWE-22 IMPROPER LIMITATION OF A PATHNAME TO A RESTRICTED DIRECTORY ('PATH TRAVERSAL'). CVSS score: 8.6/10. Published 2025-04-24.

How severe is CVE-2025-2558?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.6 out of 10.

Vulnerability in The Wound Project

CVE-2025-2558

The-wound WordPress theme through 0.0.1 does not validate some parameters before using them to generate paths passed to include function/s, allowing unauthenticated users to perform LFI attacks and download arbitrary file from the server

Published 2025-04-24 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.6 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.024 (83.2th percentile), scored 2026-10-04.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 83rd percentile — 83.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.024 · newest: 0.024 · change: +0.000

Affected products

The Wound Project
The-Wound — versions 0

References

wpscan.com/vulnerability/6a8e1c89-a01d-4347-91fc-ba454784b153/ (Exploit, technical-description, Third Party Advisory, exploit, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-2558?: CVE-2025-2558 is a high-severity vulnerability in The Wound Project, classified under CWE-22 IMPROPER LIMITATION OF A PATHNAME TO A RESTRICTED DIRECTORY ('PATH TRAVERSAL'). CVSS score: 8.6/10. Published 2025-04-24.
How severe is CVE-2025-2558?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.6 out of 10.