WordPress security changelog
HIGH CVE-2025-2558 Analyzed

The Wound: A security weakness

The Wound is affected by a security weakness. The vulnerable path is reachable without authentication. The resulting impact depends on how the affected component exposes the vulnerable operation.

CVE / CNA score 8.6 CVSS 3.1 · 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
NVD score Pending NVD has not published its own CVSS assessment.
Component
The Wound
Plugin slug
the-wound
Affected
See vendor advisory
Safe version
See mitigation notes
Published
Apr 24, 2025
Weakness
NVD-CWE-noinfo

This CVE was published Apr 24, 2025 and is one of 1 known issue for this theme.

Update, patch or deactivate.

Update The Wound to a release outside the affected range, or disable and remove it until a fixed version is available.

No confirmed safe version is listed. Consider a vendor-supported patch or temporarily restricting the affected functionality while you assess the risk.

Deactivate only when warranted by your risk profile, or when advised by your hosting provider in the limited circumstances where the vulnerability cannot otherwise be mitigated. If you’re unsure which action is appropriate, contact Fused or your hosting provider for guidance.

Technical description

The-wound WordPress theme through 0.0.1 does not validate some parameters before using them to generate paths passed to include function/s, allowing unauthenticated users to perform LFI attacks and download arbitrary file from the server

CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

Primary and upstream sources