Security readout for executives and security teams
Plain-English summary
CVE-2025-31432 is a high-severity local file inclusion issue in the WordPress Pop-Up Chop Chop plugin through version 2.1.7. A logged-in attacker could potentially make the site include unintended local PHP files, risking sensitive data exposure, site changes, or disruption. No active exploitation is stated in the provided sources.
Executive priority
Prioritize affected WordPress sites, especially public-facing sites with many user accounts. This is high severity because successful exploitation could affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability, but urgency is moderated by high attack complexity, required privileges, and no cited active exploitation.
Technical view
The issue is CWE-98, improper control of filenames passed to PHP include/require logic. The CVSS 3.1 vector is AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H, indicating remote reachability, high complexity, low privileges required, and high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact.
Likely exposure
Exposure is limited to WordPress sites using the Pop-Up Chop Chop plugin at version 2.1.7 or earlier. Public source data does not identify affected deployment counts, default vulnerable configurations, or whether unauthenticated visitors are exposed.
Exploitation context
The provided CVE data says this is not in KEV and gives no evidence of active exploitation. The CVSS vector requires low privileges and high attack complexity, with no user interaction. Treat exploitability as plausible but not proven from the supplied evidence.
Researcher notes
Evidence is limited to CVE and Patchstack database metadata. The supplied affected range says through 2.1.7, while the affected object is sparse and lists version “0”; rely on plugin inventory plus vendor/Patchstack confirmation before asserting fixed versions.
Mitigation direction
- Inventory WordPress sites for Pop-Up Chop Chop plugin usage and version.
- Check Patchstack and vendor guidance for a fixed version or official mitigation.
- Disable or remove the plugin where it is not business-critical.
- Restrict WordPress administrative and contributor access to trusted users only.
- Increase monitoring for suspicious plugin-related requests and file access anomalies.
Validation and detection
- Confirm installed plugin version is greater than 2.1.7, if a fixed release exists.
- Verify whether the plugin is installed, active, or unused across all WordPress properties.
- Review WordPress user roles for unnecessary low-privilege accounts.
- Check web and application logs for unusual requests involving the plugin.
- Document remediation status and any vendor guidance used.
Public sources used
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- High
- CVSS
- 7.5 (3.1)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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CVSS vector scores
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CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H1.65.9Primary CVE scoreVulnerability scoring details
Base CVSS 3.1 score
7.5HighVector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Source materials
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CWE details
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Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program ('PHP Remote File Inclusion')
Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program ('PHP Remote File Inclusion') represents a recurring weakness pattern that can create exploitable paths when design, validation, or implementation controls are missing.