---
id: CVE-2025-12824
title: >-
  The Player Leaderboard plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Local File
  Inclusion in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.2 via the
  'player_leaderboard' shortcode
summary: >-
  The Player Leaderboard plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Local File
  Inclusion in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.2 via the
  'player_leaderboard' shortcode. This is due to the plugin using an unsanitized
  user-supplied value from…
severity: high
cvss: 8.8
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'
cwe:
  - CWE-22
published: '2025-12-12'
updated: '2026-09-30'
sourceUpdated: '2026-09-30T23:10:00.237'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-12824'
references:
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/player-leaderboard/trunk/public/class-player-leaderboard-public.php#L1419
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3416129%40player-leaderboard&new=3416129%40player-leaderboard
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/527f8f08-bab3-4319-99bf-845c8b378c19?source=cve
    label: security@wordfence.com
tags:
  - nvd
epss: 0.00801
epssPercentile: 0.54976
ingestedAt: '2026-09-30T23:29:32.485Z'
---

## Overview

The Player Leaderboard plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Local File Inclusion in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.2 via the 'player_leaderboard' shortcode. This is due to the plugin using an unsanitized user-supplied value from the shortcode's 'mode' attribute in a call to include() without proper path validation. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-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 full remote code execution if combined with file upload capabilities.

## Remediation

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