---
id: CVE-2025-12496
title: >-
  The Zephyr Project Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Directory
  Traversal in all versions up to, and including, 3.3.203 via the `file`
  parameter
summary: >-
  The Zephyr Project Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Directory
  Traversal in all versions up to, and including, 3.3.203 via the `file`
  parameter. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with
  Custom-level access and…
severity: medium
cvss: 4.9
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N'
cwe:
  - CWE-22
published: '2025-12-17'
updated: '2026-09-28'
sourceUpdated: '2026-09-28T10:10:00.473'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-12496'
references:
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/zephyr-project-manager/trunk/includes/Base/AjaxHandler.php#L3506
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/zephyr-project-manager/trunk/includes/Core/Projects.php#L1870
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/2b4b0640-d61a-4969-a5c0-d2d709fb56d0?source=cve
    label: security@wordfence.com
tags:
  - nvd
epss: 0.00685
epssPercentile: 0.5069
ingestedAt: '2026-09-28T11:08:06.663Z'
---

## Overview

The Zephyr Project Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Directory Traversal in all versions up to, and including, 3.3.203 via the `file` parameter. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Custom-level access and above, to read the contents of arbitrary files on the server, which can contain sensitive information. On a servers that have `allow_url_fopen` enabled, this issue allows for Server-Side Request Forgery

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.