Zombify <= 1.7.5 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Path Traversal to Arbitrary File Read

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
CVE CVE-2025-8385
CVSS Medium (6.8)
Publicly Published October 30, 2025
Last Updated October 31, 2025
Researcher Tonn
Description

The Zombify plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Path Traversal in all versions up to, and including, 1.7.5. This is due to insufficient input validation in the zf_get_file_by_url function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to read arbitrary files on the server, including sensitive system files like /etc/passwd, via a forged request. It's worth noting that successfully exploiting this vulnerability relies on a race condition as the file generated will be deleted immediately.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug zombify (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 1.7.5
Patched Version
  • 1.7.6
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