CVE-2025-8562: Peterhebert Custom Query Shortcode

Medium severity, CVSS 6.5. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The Custom Query Shortcode plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Path Traversal in all versions up to, and including, 0.4.0 via the 'lens' parameter. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to read the contents of files on the server, which can contain sensitive information.

Affected products

• Peterhebert Custom Query Shortcode: up to and including 0.4.0

Published 2025-08-25. Last modified 2026-06-17.