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CVE-2025-4524

A public proof of concept exists; no exploitation attested.

  • Published2025-05-21
  • WeaknessCWE-22

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Description

The Madara – Responsive and modern WordPress theme for manga sites theme for WordPress is vulnerable to Local File Inclusion in all versions up to, and including, 2.2.2 via the 'template' parameter. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to include and execute arbitrary 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 images and other “safe” file types can be uploaded and included.

Timeline

dates in UTC
  1. 2025-05-2107:16CVE publishedNVD
  2. 2026-04-06Exploit-DB entryExploit-DB

Versions per branch

Products declared by the CNA

As Wordfence, the CNA that assigned this CVE, declared them in the CVE record; versions as written. NVD lists no product for this CVE yet: this is the only product data so far.

  • WPStylish Madara – Responsive and modern WordPress theme for manga sitesother versions: not affected
    Affected
    • ≤ 2.2.2no fix statedsemver

Source: the CNA record (CVE Program), © The MITRE Corporation,CVE Terms of UseCVE recordupdated 2026-04-08

Neither OSV.dev nor the vendor advisories we read list affected versions for CVE-2025-4524 yet.

Full record on NVD

Fix

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

Detection

read 2026-11-01 01:02 UTC
Nuclei template
available
ProjectDiscovery
Exploit-DB
EDB-52487
Exploit-DB
Proof of concept
Metasploit modules
none listed
Metasploit Framework

Sources

Identifiers

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Published
2025-05-21
Last Modified
2026-06-17
NVD status
Deferred
GitHub Advisory
GHSA-q462-2796-rfg7

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-4524?

The Madara – Responsive and modern WordPress theme for manga sites theme for WordPress is vulnerable to Local File Inclusion in all versions up to, and including, 2.2.2 via the 'template' parameter. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to include and execute arbitrary 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 images and other “safe” file types can be uploaded and included.

Is CVE-2025-4524 actively exploited?

Active exploitation of CVE-2025-4524 has not been confirmed. Its EPSS score was 10.6% on 2026-11-07, the estimated probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2025-4524?

CVE-2025-4524 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8 (CRITICAL severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

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