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Public proof of concept

CVE-2025-10897

A public proof of concept exists; no exploitation attested.

  • Published2025-10-31
  • WeaknessCWE-22

Am I affected?

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Description

The WooCommerce Designer Pro theme for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file read in all versions up to, and including, 1.9.28. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to read arbitrary files on the server, which can expose DB credentials when the wp-config.php file is read.

Timeline

dates in UTC
  1. 2025-10-3108:15CVE publishedNVD
  2. 2026-10-2319:23First public proof of conceptPoC-in-GitHub

Observed activity

isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-10-23 18:48 UTC
Indicators tagged with this CVE, per day0 indicators over 7 days
Block these indicators
  • Firewall list (EDL, text): https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2025-10897?format=txt
  • CSV export: https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2025-10897?format=csv
  • TAXII collection of exploited CVEs
  • The EDL and CSV take an API key on the Pro plan.

Versions per branch

Neither OSV.dev nor the vendor advisories we read list affected versions for CVE-2025-10897 yet.

Full record on NVD

Fix

No fix published by the sources we read yet. NVD record

Detection

read 2026-10-23 19:24 UTC
Nuclei template
none so far
ProjectDiscovery
Exploit-DB
no entry
Exploit-DB
Proof-of-concept repositories
1 repository, unverifiederror-inside/CVE-2025-10897
PoC-in-GitHub

Sources

  • NVDCVE recordread 2026-10-23
  • CISA-ADPSSVC decisionnone2025-10-31
  • OpenCVESSVC decisionnone—
  • CNACVSS 3.18.6read 2026-10-23
  • CNAweakness (CWE)CWE-22read 2026-10-23
  • FIRST EPSSEPSS score1.9 %2026-10-22
  • PoC-in-GitHubproof of concept1read 2026-10-23

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
Published
2025-10-31
Last Modified
2026-10-07
NVD status
Deferred

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-10897?

The WooCommerce Designer Pro theme for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file read in all versions up to, and including, 1.9.28. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to read arbitrary files on the server, which can expose DB credentials when the wp-config.php file is read.

Is CVE-2025-10897 actively exploited?

Active exploitation of CVE-2025-10897 has not been confirmed. Its EPSS score was 1.9% on 2026-10-22, the estimated probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2025-10897?

CVE-2025-10897 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.6 (HIGH severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N.

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