Medium severity6.5NVD Advisory· Published Aug 25, 2025· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2025-8562
CVE-2025-8562
Description
The Custom Query Shortcode plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Path Traversal in all versions up to, and including, 0.4.0 via the 'lens' parameter. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to read the contents of files on the server, which can contain sensitive information.
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Affected products
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- (no CPE)
- (no CPE)range: <=0.4.0
Patches
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References
5- github.com/peterhebert/custom-query-shortcode/pull/1nvd
- plugins.svn.wordpress.org/custom-query-shortcode/tags/0.4.0/init.phpnvd
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3348818/nvd
- wordpress.org/plugins/custom-query-shortcode/nvd
- www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/9e37c664-76ed-4ede-88fd-e41b9969685fnvd
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