Vulnerability · Published Oct 3, 2025 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2025-7721JoomSport <= 5.7.3 - Unauthenticated Directory Traversal to Local File Inclusion
Critical 9.8
In plain English
A critical-severity security flaw in JoomSport – for Sports: Team & League, Football, Hockey & more from beardev. 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 52% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
The JoomSport – for Sports: Team & League, Football, Hockey & more plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Local File Inclusion in all versions up to, and including, 5.7.3 via the task parameter. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to include and execute arbitrary .php files on the server, allowing the execution of any PHP code in those files. This can be used to bypass access controls, obtain sensitive data, or achieve code execution in cases where .php file types can be uploaded and included.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| beardev | JoomSport – for Sports: Team & League, Football, Hockey & more | 0 – through 5.7.3 |
Weakness: CWE-98 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/4f3900c7-2acb-4031-9854-b0b13e172e1f?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/joomsport-sports-league-results-management/trunk/sportleague/base/wordpress/classes/class-jsport-controller.php#L74
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3371353/