Vulnerability · Published Dec 17, 2025 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2025-12496Zephyr Project Manager <= 3.3.203 - Authenticated (Custom+) Arbitrary File Read And Server-Side Request Forgery
Medium 4.9
In plain English
A medium-severity path traversal in Zephyr Project Manager from dylanjkotze. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.7% (higher than 53% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
The Zephyr Project Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Directory Traversal in all versions up to, and including, 3.3.203 via the `file` parameter. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Custom-level access and above, to read the contents of arbitrary files on the server, which can contain sensitive information. On a servers that have `allow_url_fopen` enabled, this issue allows for Server-Side Request Forgery
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| dylanjkotze | Zephyr Project Manager | 0 – through 3.3.203 |
Weakness: CWE-22 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/2b4b0640-d61a-4969-a5c0-d2d709fb56d0?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/zephyr-project-manager/trunk/includes/Base/AjaxHandler.php#L3506
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/zephyr-project-manager/trunk/includes/Core/Projects.php#L1870