All in One Music Player Plugin up to 1.3.1 on WordPress theme path traversal

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A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in All in One Music Player Plugin up to 1.3.1 on WordPress. This affects an unknown function. The manipulation of the argument theme leads to path traversal. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2025-8559. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in All in One Music Player Plugin up to 1.3.1 on WordPress. This issue affects some unknown functionality. The manipulation of the argument theme with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

The All in One Music Player plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Path Traversal in all versions up to, and including, 1.3.1 via the 'theme' parameter. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to read the contents of files on the server, which can contain sensitive information.

It is possible to read the advisory at wordfence.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-8559. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 09/30/2025). 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-2025-31686). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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• WordPress Plugin

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• All in One Music Player Plugin

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• 1.3.0
• 1.3.1

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