Simple CSV Table <= 1.0.1 - Directory Traversal to Authenticated (Contributor+) Arbitrary File Read

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
CVE CVE-2025-12960
CVSS Medium (6.5)
Publicly Published December 11, 2025
Last Updated December 12, 2025
Researcher Ivan Cese
Description

The Simple CSV Table plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Directory Traversal in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.1 via the `href` parameter in the `[csv]` shortcode. This is due to insufficient path validation before concatenating user-supplied input to a base directory path. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to read the contents of arbitrary files on the server, which can contain sensitive information such as database credentials and authentication keys.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug simple-csv-table (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 1.0.1
Patched Version
  • 1.0.2
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