High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Aug 20, 2025· Updated Apr 23, 2026

CVE-2025-54021

Description

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in Mitchell Bennis Simple File List simple-file-list allows Path Traversal.This issue affects Simple File List: from n/a through <= 6.1.14.

Patches

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Vulnerability mechanics

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References

patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/simple-file-list/vulnerability/wordpress-simple-file-list-6-1-14-arbitrary-file-download-vulnerabilitynvd

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