{"id":59397,"date":"2025-07-15T10:14:26","date_gmt":"2025-07-15T10:14:26","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-09-16T05:56:04","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T11:56:04","slug":"cve-2025-6746-local-file-inclusion-vulnerability-in-woodmart-wordpress-plugin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-6746-local-file-inclusion-vulnerability-in-woodmart-wordpress-plugin\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>CVE-2025-6746: Local File Inclusion Vulnerability in WoodMart WordPress Plugin<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In the fast-paced world of cybersecurity, vulnerabilities can emerge from even the most seemingly benign sources. One such vulnerability, dubbed CVE-2025-6746, affects the widely-used WoodMart plugin for WordPress, potentially exposing millions of websites to the risk of unauthorized code execution and sensitive data leakage. As a robust and popular e-commerce plugin, WoodMart&#8217;s vulnerability could have far-reaching consequences for businesses and their customers, making it a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-43232-critical-permissions-issue-allowing-app-to-bypass-privacy-preferences-in-macos\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"69134\">critical issue<\/a> that demands immediate attention.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vulnerability Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CVE ID: CVE-2025-6746<br \/>\nSeverity: High &#8211; 8.8 (CVSS)<br \/>\nAttack Vector: Local <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-52808-a-critical-php-remote-file-inclusion-vulnerability-in-realtyelite\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"65865\">File Inclusion<\/a> (LFI)<br \/>\nPrivileges Required: Contributor-level access and above<br \/>\nUser Interaction: Required<br \/>\nImpact: Unauthorized <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-26074-remote-code-execution-vulnerability-in-orkes-conductor-v3-21-11\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"66036\">code execution<\/a>, potential system compromise, and data leakage<\/p>\n<p><strong>Affected Products<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-2632481324\" 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>WoodMart <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-5835-droip-plugin-for-wordpress-unauthorized-access-and-modification-vulnerability\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"69135\">WordPress Plugin<\/a> | All versions up to 8.2.3<\/p>\n<p><strong>How the Exploit Works<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-6380-privilege-escalation-vulnerability-in-onlyoffice-docs-plugin-for-wordpress\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"69256\">vulnerability lies in the &#8216;layout&#8217; attribute of the WoodMart plugin<\/a>. An attacker who possesses at least Contributor-level access to a WordPress site running the affected versions of this plugin can exploit this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-52809-php-remote-file-inclusion-vulnerability-in-national-weather-service-alerts\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"65923\">vulnerability to include and execute arbitrary .php files<\/a> on the server. This can be done by manipulating the &#8216;layout&#8217; attribute to point to a malicious <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-49416-critical-php-remote-file-inclusion-vulnerability-in-fastw3b-llc-fw-gallery\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"66035\">PHP file<\/a>, which is then executed. Consequently, this can lead to unauthorized access, sensitive data leakage, or even a total system compromise if the included <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-49886-critical-php-local-file-inclusion-vulnerability-in-webgeniuslab-zikzag-core\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"66108\">PHP files<\/a> contain malicious code.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conceptual Example Code<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-2849606398\" 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>Consider the following<br \/>\n<strong>conceptual<\/strong><br \/>\n example of an HTTP <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-52797-critical-cross-site-request-forgery-csrf-vulnerability-in-josepsitjar-storymap\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"79404\">request that exploits the vulnerability<\/a>:<\/p>\n<pre><code class=\"\" data-line=\"\">POST \/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php HTTP\/1.1\nHost: target.example.com\nContent-Type: application\/x-www-form-urlencoded\naction=load_quick_view&amp;product_id=1&amp;layout=\/var\/www\/uploads\/evil.php<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>In this example, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-42959-unauthenticated-replay-attack-exploiting-hmac-reuse\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"79405\">attacker is exploiting<\/a> the `load_quick_view` action of the `admin-ajax.php` file, a common endpoint in WordPress. They set the `layout` parameter to point to the `evil.php` <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-36157-unauthorized-remote-server-property-file-modification-in-ibm-jazz-foundation\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"83042\">file on the server<\/a>, which is then included and executed.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mitigation and Countermeasures<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Users are strongly recommended to upgrade to the latest version of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-46198-cross-site-scripting-vulnerability-in-grav-versions-1-7-46-to-1-7-48\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"69894\">WoodMart<\/a> plugin which includes a patch for this vulnerability. As a temporary mitigation measure, the use of a Web Application Firewall (WAF) or Intrusion Detection System (IDS) can help detect and prevent exploit attempts. However, these are not foolproof solutions and cannot replace the necessity of applying the vendor-supplied patch.<br \/>\nRegular <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-7096-critical-vulnerability-in-comodo-internet-security-premium-12-3-4-8162\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"66727\">security audits and vulnerability<\/a> scans can also help in detecting such vulnerabilities early, thereby reducing the window of exposure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview In the fast-paced world of cybersecurity, vulnerabilities can emerge from even the most seemingly benign sources. One such vulnerability, dubbed CVE-2025-6746, affects the widely-used WoodMart plugin for WordPress, potentially exposing millions of websites to the risk of unauthorized code execution and sensitive data leakage. As a robust and popular e-commerce plugin, WoodMart&#8217;s vulnerability could [&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":[],"asset_type":[],"severity":[],"exploit_status":[],"class_list":["post-59397","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59397","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=59397"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59397\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":75581,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59397\/revisions\/75581"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59397"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59397"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59397"},{"taxonomy":"vendor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vendor?post=59397"},{"taxonomy":"product","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product?post=59397"},{"taxonomy":"attack_vector","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/attack_vector?post=59397"},{"taxonomy":"asset_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/asset_type?post=59397"},{"taxonomy":"severity","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/severity?post=59397"},{"taxonomy":"exploit_status","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exploit_status?post=59397"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}