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Publication date: 2025-12-10

Last updated on: 2025-12-18

Assigner: MITRE

Description

Directory Traversal vulnerability in Fearless Geek Media FearlessCMS v.0.0.2-15 allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service via the plugin-handler.php and the file_get_contents() function.

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Published

2025-12-10

Last Modified

2025-12-18

Generated

2026-07-06

AI Q&A

2025-12-10

EPSS Evaluated

2026-07-05

NVD

CVE-2025-56431

Affected Vendors & Products

Vendor	Product	Version / Range
fearlessgeekmedia	fearlesscms	0.0.2-15

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Exploitability

CWE

KEV

CWE ID	Description
CWE-22	The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory.

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Executive Summary

This vulnerability is a Directory Traversal issue in Fearless Geek Media FearlessCMS version 0.0.2-15. It allows a remote attacker to exploit the plugin-handler.php file using the file_get_contents() function to cause a denial of service.

Impact Analysis

The vulnerability can be exploited by a remote attacker to cause a denial of service, potentially making the affected system unavailable or unstable.

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