CVE-2025-53207
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedImproper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program ('PHP Remote File Inclusion') vulnerability in WP Travel WP Travel Gutenberg Blocks wp-travel-blocks allows PHP Local File Inclusion.This issue affects WP Travel Gutenberg Blocks: from n/a through <= 3.9.0.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceThis is a PHP Local File Inclusion (LFI) vulnerability in the WP Travel Gutenberg Blocks WordPress plugin. The plugin improperly handles filename parameters in PHP include/require statements, allowing authenticated attackers to include arbitrary PHP files from the server file system.
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CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Verify WP Travel Gutenberg Blocks plugin is installedIn the WordPress admin dashboard, navigate to Plugins > Installed Plugins and locate 'WP Travel Gutenberg Blocks' in the list. Confirm the plugin is both installed and activated.Affected if The plugin is installed and activated on the WordPress site.
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Identify the installed plugin versionOn the Plugins page in WordPress admin, click on the plugin name to view its details, or access the plugin files via file manager/FTP and check the main plugin file (typically wp-travel-gutenberg-blocks.php) for the 'Version' header in the plugin comments.Affected if The installed version has not been patched for the LFI vulnerability.
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Check for unauthenticated or low-privilege user accessReview WordPress user roles and capabilities. Determine whether the site allows users with Subscriber, Contributor, or Author roles to access plugin functionality that handles file inclusion parameters.Affected if Authenticated users with low privileges can access the vulnerable file inclusion functionality.
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Inspect plugin file inclusion code patternsIf you have file system access, examine PHP files in the plugin directory for include, include_once, require, or require_once statements that use unsanitized variables (such as $_GET, $_POST, or $_REQUEST) as the file path parameter.Affected if The plugin code contains file inclusion statements using unsanitized user input.
A user is affected if the WP Travel Gutenberg Blocks plugin is installed, contains vulnerable file inclusion code using unsanitized input, and allows authenticated users to trigger the LFI flaw.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataUpdate WP Travel Gutenberg Blocks to the latest patched version. If no patched version is available, disable the plugin until a fix is released, or implement strict input validation and whitelist-based controls on any file inclusion functions.
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