{"id":44777,"date":"2025-05-27T02:50:32","date_gmt":"2025-05-27T02:50:32","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-09-27T08:15:12","modified_gmt":"2025-09-27T14:15:12","slug":"cve-2025-32926-critical-path-traversal-vulnerability-in-grand-restaurant-wordpress-theme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-32926-critical-path-traversal-vulnerability-in-grand-restaurant-wordpress-theme\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>CVE-2025-32926: Critical Path Traversal Vulnerability in Grand Restaurant WordPress Theme<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The cybersecurity landscape is riddled with threats that potentially compromise systems and expose sensitive data. One such threat has been identified in the form of a critical vulnerability, CVE-2025-32926, in the Grand Restaurant WordPress Theme by ThemeGoods. This fault affects all versions of the theme up to 7.0, and can lead to severe consequences, such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-39401-unrestricted-file-upload-leading-to-potential-system-compromise-in-mojoomla-wpams\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"52605\">system compromise<\/a> or data leakage. Considering the popularity of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-8592-wordpress-inspiro-theme-vulnerability-to-cross-site-request-forgery-csrf\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"85393\">WordPress and the widespread use of themes<\/a>, this vulnerability has far-reaching implications and warrants immediate attention.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vulnerability Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CVE ID: CVE-2025-32926<br \/>\nSeverity: Critical (9.8 CVSS Score)<br \/>\nAttack Vector: Network<br \/>\nPrivileges Required: None<br \/>\nUser Interaction: Required<br \/>\nImpact: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-4759-incorrect-behavior-order-in-lockfile-lint-api-package-potentially-leading-to-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"51199\">Potential system<\/a> compromise, data leakage<\/p>\n<p><strong>Affected Products<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-1792560416\" class=\"ameeb-content-2 ameeb-entity-placement\"><div style=\"border-left: 4px solid #555; padding-left: 20px; margin: 48px 0; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; color: #ffffff; line-height: 1.6; max-width: 700px;\">\r\n  <h2 style=\"margin-top: 0; font-size: 20px; font-weight: 600; display: flex; align-items: center;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"display: inline-flex; align-items: center; margin-right: 8px;\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Best-App-icon-Ameeba.png\" alt=\"Ameeba Chat Icon\" style=\"width: 40px; height: 40px;\" \/>\r\n    <\/a>\r\n    A new way to communicate\r\n  <\/h2>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 12px;\">\r\n    Ameeba Chat is built on encrypted identity, not personal profiles.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 16px;\">\r\n    Message, call, share files, and coordinate with identities kept separate.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <ul style=\"list-style: none; padding-left: 0; margin-bottom: 20px;\">\r\n    <li>\u2022 Encrypted identity<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Ameeba Chat authenticates access<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Aliases and categories<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 End-to-end encrypted chat, calls, and files<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Secure notes for sensitive information<\/li>\r\n  <\/ul>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"font-style: italic; font-weight: 600; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\r\n    Private communication, rethought.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <div style=\"display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 12px;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\/download\" style=\"background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 6px; font-weight: 500;\">Download Ameeba Chat<\/a>\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"border: 1px solid #ffffff; color: #ffffff; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 6px; font-weight: 500;\">Learn More<\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n<p>Product | Affected Versions<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-39348-critical-deserialization-of-untrusted-data-vulnerability-in-themegoods-grand-restaurant-wordpress\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"52604\">Grand Restaurant<\/a> WordPress Theme | Up to 7.0<\/p>\n<p><strong>How the Exploit Works<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This vulnerability, often referred to as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-2305-path-traversal-vulnerability-in-file-download-functionality\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"50674\">Path Traversal<\/a> attack, is caused by improper validation of user-supplied inputs. Attackers can manipulate these inputs to traverse the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-39380-mojoomla-hospital-management-system-file-upload-vulnerability\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"52033\">file system<\/a> outside of the restricted directory. By exploiting this vulnerability, cybercriminals can gain unauthorized access to sensitive data and system files, which can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-4809-critical-vulnerability-in-tenda-ac7-router-leads-to-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"50608\">lead to a full system<\/a> compromise.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conceptual Example Code<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-319552923\" class=\"ameeb-content ameeb-entity-placement\"><div class=\"poptin-embedded\" data-id=\"f6b387694f681\"><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/div>\n<p>The following is a conceptual example of how an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-5353-local-authenticated-attacker-exploit-in-ivanti-workspace-control\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"85394\">attacker might exploit<\/a> this vulnerability:<\/p>\n<pre><code class=\"\" data-line=\"\">GET \/wp-content\/themes\/grandrestaurant\/upload_file.php?file=..\/..\/..\/etc\/passwd HTTP\/1.1\nHost: victim-site.com<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>In this example, the attacker sends a GET request to the upload_file.php script, which is part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-39352-unpatched-authorization-flaw-in-themegoods-grand-restaurant-wordpress\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"56020\">Grand Restaurant<\/a> WordPress Theme. The `file` parameter is manipulated to move up three directory levels (via `..\/..\/..\/`) to access the `\/etc\/passwd` file, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-3812-critical-arbitrary-file-deletion-vulnerability-in-wpbot-pro-wordpress-chatbot-plugin\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"51198\">critical system file<\/a> on a Unix-based system.<br \/>\nThis conceptual example serves to illustrate the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2024-22190-critical-gitpython-vulnerability-exposes-windows-systems-to-potential-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"51340\">potential severity of the vulnerability<\/a>. In a real-world scenario, an attacker could attempt to access other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-48749-netwrix-directory-manager-s-sensitive-data-exposure-vulnerability\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"56761\">sensitive files or directories<\/a>, depending on the system&#8217;s architecture and configuration.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview The cybersecurity landscape is riddled with threats that potentially compromise systems and expose sensitive data. One such threat has been identified in the form of a critical vulnerability, CVE-2025-32926, in the Grand Restaurant WordPress Theme by ThemeGoods. This fault affects all versions of the theme up to 7.0, and can lead to severe consequences, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"vendor":[],"product":[],"attack_vector":[85],"asset_type":[],"severity":[],"exploit_status":[],"class_list":["post-44777","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","attack_vector-directory-traversal"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44777","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44777"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44777\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":78183,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44777\/revisions\/78183"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44777"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44777"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44777"},{"taxonomy":"vendor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vendor?post=44777"},{"taxonomy":"product","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product?post=44777"},{"taxonomy":"attack_vector","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/attack_vector?post=44777"},{"taxonomy":"asset_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/asset_type?post=44777"},{"taxonomy":"severity","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/severity?post=44777"},{"taxonomy":"exploit_status","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exploit_status?post=44777"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}