---
id: CVE-2025-12960
title: >-
  The Simple CSV Table plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Directory Traversal
  in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.1 via the `href` parameter in the
  `[csv]` shortcode
summary: >-
  The Simple CSV Table plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Directory Traversal
  in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.1 via the `href` parameter in the
  `[csv]` shortcode. This is due to insufficient path validation before
  concatenatin…
severity: medium
cvss: 6.5
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N'
cwe:
  - CWE-22
published: '2025-12-12'
updated: '2026-10-07'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-07T20:10:01.970'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-12960'
references:
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/simple-csv-table/tags/1.0.1/simple-csv-table.php#L71
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3403210%40simple-csv-table&new=3403210%40simple-csv-table&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/4ff9abb4-2b25-4bbb-86b4-fb1ba37e122f?source=cve
    label: security@wordfence.com
tags:
  - nvd
epss: 0.00689
epssPercentile: 0.51179
ingestedAt: '2026-10-07T20:46:46.897Z'
---

## Overview

The Simple CSV Table plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Directory Traversal in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.1 via the `href` parameter in the `[csv]` shortcode. This is due to insufficient path validation before concatenating user-supplied input to a base directory path. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to read the contents of arbitrary files on the server, which can contain sensitive information such as database credentials and authentication keys.

## Remediation

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