Local File Inclusion in Extensive VC Addons for WPBakery Page Builder by WordPress
CVE-2025-14475

8.1HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

WordPress
Status
Extensive Vc Addons For WPbakery Page Builder
Vendor
CVE Published:
13 December 2025

What is CVE-2025-14475?

The Extensive VC Addons for WPBakery page builder plugin for WordPress has a vulnerability that stems from inadequate path normalization and validation of the user-supplied 'shortcode_name' parameter in the 'extensive_vc_init_shortcode_pagination' AJAX action. This flaw allows unauthenticated attackers to leverage the 'shortcode_name' parameter to include and execute arbitrary PHP files on the server, potentially leading to unauthorized execution of any PHP code contained within those files. The issue affects all versions up to and including 1.9.1.

Affected Version(s)

Extensive VC Addons for WPBakery page builder * <= 1.9.1

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/extensive-vc-a...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/extensive-vc-a...

CVSS V3.1

Score:
8.1
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
High
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Naoya Takahashi
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