CVE-2025-7518

MEDIUM 4.9

RSFirewall! <= 1.1.42 - Authenticated (Admin+) Arbitrary File Read

CVSS Score

4.9

EPSS Score

0.0%

EPSS Percentile

0th

The RSFirewall! plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Path Traversal in all versions up to, and including, 1.1.42 via the get_local_filename() function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Administrator-level access and above, to read the contents of arbitrary files on the server, which can contain sensitive information.

CWE	CWE-22
Vendor	rsjoomla
Product	rsfirewall!
Published	Jul 12, 2025
Last Updated	Apr 8, 2026

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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Scope

Confidentiality

Integrity

Availability

Affected Versions

rsjoomla / RSFirewall!

0 ≤ 1.1.42

References

NVD ↗ CVE.org ↗ EPSS Data ↗

wordfence.com: https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/fd7b0eef-3b8e-4272-bbd7-ad52088d0835?source=cve plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3306173%40rsfirewall&new=3306173%40rsfirewall&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=

Credits

Robert Kruczek Kamil Szczurowski