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CVE-2025-12824

HIGH 8.8 CVSS 3.1
Published
December 12, 2025
Last modified
October 7, 2026
NVD status
Deferred
Reported by
security@wordfence.com
Weakness
CWE-22
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

The Player Leaderboard plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Local File Inclusion in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.2 via the 'player_leaderboard' shortcode. This is due to the plugin using an unsanitized user-supplied value from the shortcode's 'mode' attribute in a call to include() without proper path validation. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to include and execute arbitrary PHP files on the server, allowing the execution of any PHP code in those files. This can be used to bypass access controls, obtain sensitive data, or achieve full remote code execution if combined with file upload capabilities.

Affected WordPress components

  • Player Leaderboard Plugin · player-leaderboard
    Confirmed match Active
    From 1.0.0 (including) to 1.0.2 (including)
    View on WordPress.org

A confirmed match is backed by the plugin or theme slug. A possible match is based on the product name only and should be verified.

Affected products and versions

  • tharkun69 Player Leaderboard — From 1.0.0 (including) to 1.0.2 (including)

References

  • plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/player-leaderboard/trunk/public/class-player-leaderboard-public.php#L1419
  • plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3416129%40player-leaderboard&new=3416129%40player-leaderboard
  • www.wordfence.com https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/527f8f08-bab3-4319-99bf-845c8b378c19?source=cve
  • nvd.nist.gov Official NVD record