PT-2026-2820 · WordPress · Gotham Block Extra Light

Bhumividh Treloges · Published 2026-01-14 · Updated 2026-01-14 · CVE-2025-15020

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.5

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Gotham Block Extra Light plugin for WordPress versions prior to 1.5.1

Description The Gotham Block Extra Light plugin for WordPress is susceptible to an arbitrary file read issue. This affects versions up to and including 1.5.0. Authenticated attackers possessing contributor-level access or higher can exploit the 'ghostban' shortcode to read the contents of arbitrary files on the server. These files may contain sensitive information.

Recommendations Update the Gotham Block Extra Light plugin to version 1.5.1 or later.

Fix

Path traversal

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-22

Related Identifiers

CVE-2025-15020

Affected Products

Gotham Block Extra Light

References · 6

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-15020 · Security Note
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3438393 · Note
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b194b241-d8f4-430c-b00c-d84190026bad?source=cve · Note
• https://twitter.com/VulmonFeeds/status/2011423776051716111 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/2011382987980464322 · Twitter Post
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/gotham-block-extra-light/trunk/premium/ghostban.php?marks=56#L56 · Note