machouinard Aviation Weather from NOAA Plugin up to 0.7.2 on WordPress path traversal

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in machouinard Aviation Weather from NOAA Plugin up to 0.7.2 on WordPress. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. This manipulation causes path traversal. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2025-28980. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in machouinard Aviation Weather from NOAA Plugin up to 0.7.2 on WordPress. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-22. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory. As an impact it is known to affect integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in machouinard Aviation Weather from NOAA allows Path Traversal. This issue affects Aviation Weather from NOAA: from n/a through 0.7.2.

The weakness was published by 0xd4rk5id3. It is possible to read the advisory at patchstack.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2025-28980 since 03/11/2025. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1006 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2025-19972). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.6
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.4

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VulDB Temp Score: 5.2
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CNA Base Score: 7.7
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Path traversal
CWE: CWE-22
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

03/11/2025 CVE reserved
07/04/2025 +114 days Advisory disclosed
07/04/2025 +0 days VulDB entry created
07/04/2025 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: patchstack.com
Researcher: 0xd4rk5id3
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2025-28980 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-28980
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-314875
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Entryinfo

Created: 07/04/2025 14:20
Updated: 07/04/2025 17:00
Changes: 07/04/2025 14:20 (64), 07/04/2025 17:00 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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