Vulnerabilities

Vulnerability · CVE-2025-47496

Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program ('PHP Remote File Inclusion') vulnerability in PublishPress PublishPress Authors publishpress-authors allo

Published May 7, 2025 · catalog updated Apr 28, 2026 · PublishPress Authors

Check if you run it

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-47496. EPSS is 0.77%. Act only if a listed version of PublishPress Authors is installed.

Gaps on this record

  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
Severity
High7.5
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
0.77%
Remediation
Advisory link
Affected products
vendor publishpress PublishPress Authors 0 ≤4.7.5

Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program ('PHP Remote File Inclusion') vulnerability in PublishPress PublishPress Authors publishpress-authors allows PHP Local File Inclusion.This issue affects PublishPress Authors: from n/a through <= 4.7.5.

Are you affected?

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The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.

  • vendor publishpress PublishPress Authors 0 ≤4.7.50 ≤4.7.5

How to fix CVE-2025-47496

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-47496. EPSS is 0.77%. Act only if a listed version of PublishPress Authors is installed.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with publishpress PublishPress Authors 0 ≤4.7.5 0 ≤4.7.5. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 0.77%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

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No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. May 7, 2025 · EUVD

    Detected

    Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program ('PHP Remote File Inclusion') vulnerability in PublishPress PublishPress Authors publishpress-authors allows PHP Local File Inclusion.This issue affects PublishPress Authors: from n/a through <= 4.7.5.

  2. Apr 28, 2026 · EUVD

    Updated

    Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program ('PHP Remote File Inclusion') vulnerability in PublishPress PublishPress Authors publishpress-authors allows PHP Local File Inclusion.This issue affects PublishPress Authors: from n/a through <= 4.7.5.

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-47496

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-47496

    30-day exploitation probability 0.8%

    first.org
  • EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-13827

    Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program ('PHP Remote File Inclusion') vulnerability in PublishPress PublishPress Authors publishpress-authors allows PHP Local File Inclusion.This issue affects PublishPress Authors: from n/a through <= 4.7.5.

    euvd.enisa.europa.eu

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.