PT-2025-17949 · WordPress · Add Custom Page Template Plugin

Ch4R0N · Published 2025-04-26 · Updated 2025-05-01 · CVE-2025-3491

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.2

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Add custom page template plugin for WordPress versions up to, and including, 2.0.1

Description The issue is related to PHP Code Injection leading to Remote Code Execution due to insufficient sanitization of the template name parameter. This is possible via the acpt validate setting function, allowing authenticated attackers with Administrator-level access and above to execute code on the server.

Recommendations For Add custom page template plugin for WordPress versions up to, and including, 2.0.1, update to a version higher than 2.0.1 to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider disabling the acpt validate setting function until a patch is available. Restrict access to the template name parameter to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

RCE

Code Injection

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-94

Related Identifiers

CVE-2025-3491

Affected Products

Add Custom Page Template Plugin

References · 12

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-3491 · Security Note
• https://twitter.com/VulmonFeeds/status/1916021914415374621 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/SecAideInfo/status/1916810355919016046 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/vulns_space/status/1916028067320926401 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cvetracker/22411 · Telegram Post
• https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/add-custom-page-template/trunk/index.php · Note
• https://twitter.com/cracbot/status/1917896849614049570 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cvedetector/23796 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1916006950686388508 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/119903 · Telegram Post
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/9c2d97c4-b166-4d1f-8042-d0362e650c62?source=cve · Note
• https://t.me/latest_high_impact_cve/2203 · Telegram Post