Creta Testimonial Showcase Plugin up to 1.2.3 on WordPress path traversal

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A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in Creta Testimonial Showcase Plugin up to 1.2.3 on WordPress. Impacted is an unknown function. This manipulation causes path traversal. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2025-10686. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available. You should upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Creta Testimonial Showcase Plugin up to 1.2.3 on WordPress. Affected by this vulnerability is some 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 confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The Creta Testimonial Showcase WordPress plugin before 1.2.4 is vulnerable to Local File Inclusion. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with editor-level access and above, to include and execute arbitrary files on the server, allowing the execution of any PHP code in those files.

The weakness was published by Khaled Alenazi. The advisory is shared at wpscan.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2025-10686 since 09/18/2025. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1006 for this issue.

Upgrading to version 1.2.4 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2025-186559). Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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• WordPress Plugin

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• Creta Testimonial Showcase Plugin

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• 1.2.0
• 1.2.1
• 1.2.2
• 1.2.3

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Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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