Vulnerability · CVE-2019-25779
WooThemes Diarise through 1.5.9 contains a file read vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to read arbitrary files through the calendar parameter of download.php.
Published Oct 22, 2026 · catalog updated Oct 22, 2026 · WooThemes Diarise
Patch now
CVE-2019-25779 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm WooThemes Diarise against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.
Gaps on this record
- No version range is stored. A customer cannot check an installed version against this record.
- Severity
- High8.7
- Known exploitation
- CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
- EPSS
- 0.45%
- Remediation
- Remediation guidance
- Affected products
- vendor WooThemes Diarise
WooThemes Diarise through 1.5.9 contains a file read vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to read arbitrary files through the calendar parameter of download.php. Attackers can send GET requests with file:// scheme paths to the calendar parameter to disclose sensitive files like /etc/passwd. Exploitation evidence was first observed by the Shadowserver Foundation on 2023-10-19.
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- vendor WooThemes Diariseversion unspecified
How to fix CVE-2019-25779
Recommended remediation
Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.
Official advisories
What to do
Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.
Should you patch?
CVE-2019-25779 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm WooThemes Diarise against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.
Which versions are affected?
Affected version ranges are not on this record. Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.
What should an analyst verify?
CWE-22: Path Traversal. EPSS 0.45%. The CISA KEV listing is the exploitation evidence. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.
Code
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Timeline
Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.
Oct 22, 2026 · CISA KEV
Known exploited
Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.
Oct 22, 2026 · NIST NVD
Detected
WooThemes Diarise through 1.5.9 contains a file read vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to read arbitrary files through the calendar parameter of download.php. Attackers can send GET requests with file:// scheme paths to the calendar parameter to disclose sensitive files like /etc/passwd. Exploitation evidence was first observed by the Shadowserver Foundation on 2023-10-19.
Sources
- CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2019-25779
Official CVE identifier
cve.org - FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2019-25779
30-day exploitation probability 0.45%
first.org - NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2019-25779
WooThemes Diarise through 1.5.9 contains a file read vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to read arbitrary files through the calendar parameter of download.php. Attackers can send GET requests with file:// scheme paths to the calendar parameter to disclose sensiti
nvd.nist.gov - VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2019-25779
WooThemes Diarise through 1.5.9 contains a file read vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to read arbitrary files through the calendar parameter of download.php. Attackers can send GET requests with file:// scheme paths to the calendar parameter to disclose sensiti
vulncheck.com
References
Freshness
Last verified in this catalog Oct 23, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.