Creta Testimonial Showcase <= 1.2.3 - Authenticated (Editor+) Local File Inclusion
Strategic Overview
- Status
- Patched in 1.2.4
- Affected Plugin
- Creta Testimonial Showcase
- Affected Version
<= 1.2.3- CVSS
- 6.6Medium
- Weakness type
- CWE-22 · Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
- CVE
CVE-2025-10686
At a glance
CVE-2025-10686 is a medium-severity Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in the Creta Testimonial Showcase WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 1.2.3. It carries a CVSS score of 6.6 (reachable over the network; high confidentiality, integrity, availability impact). Exploitation requires an authenticated account at Editor level or above. The issue is fixed in version 1.2.4; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed October 2025, reported by Khaled Alenazi (Nxploited).
Vulnerability Overview
The Creta Testimonial Showcase plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Local File Inclusion in all versions up to, and including, 1.2.3 via the 'cretats_layout' parameter. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Editor-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 code execution in cases where .php file types can be uploaded and included.
Technical Analysis
The vector marks this flaw as remotely reachable over the network, and no interaction from a victim user. A successful exploit has high impact on confidentiality, integrity, availability — full site compromise territory.
CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
Creta Testimonial Showcase <= 1.2.3 carries this weakness at cretats_layout, and reaching it takes an account at Editor level or above. Path traversal happens when user-controlled text is used to build a filesystem path without being constrained to an intended directory, so sequences like ../ walk the resolved path somewhere else.
Depending on the operation, it means reading files outside the intended folder — wp-config.php being the usual target — or writing to and deleting paths the web server can touch. For Creta Testimonial Showcase the fix is 1.2.4: builds <= 1.2.3 are affected, anything from 1.2.4 onward is not.
Remediation
Update to version 1.2.4, or a newer patched version
How does WordSec protect against this?
An attacker needs Editor access first, so the firewall sees the attempt as traffic from a logged-in account: WordSec's web application firewall inspects request payloads before WordPress loads them. None of that substitutes for the fix: Creta Testimonial Showcase 1.2.4 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.
- Firewall
- Alerts
External References
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