CVE-2025-67963
Published: 22 January 2026
Summary
CVE-2025-67963 is a high-severity Path Traversal (CWE-22) vulnerability. Its CVSS base score is 8.6 (High).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 41.8th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
The strongest mitigations our analysis identified are NIST 800-53 SI-10 (Information Input Validation) and SI-2 (Flaw Remediation).
Deeper analysis
CVE-2025-67963 is an Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability, corresponding to CWE-22, in the Movie Booking WordPress plugin developed by ovatheme. This issue affects all versions of the movie-booking plugin from unknown initial release through 1.1.5. The vulnerability was published on 2026-01-22 and carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 8.6 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H), highlighting its high severity due to network accessibility and potential for significant availability impact.
Unauthenticated attackers can exploit this path traversal flaw remotely with low attack complexity and no user interaction required. Exploitation allows traversal outside restricted directories, enabling arbitrary file deletion on the targeted WordPress server, which results in high availability disruption across the affected scope due to the changed scope (S:C) vector.
The Patchstack advisory at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/movie-booking/vulnerability/wordpress-movie-booking-plugin-1-1-5-arbitrary-file-deletion-vulnerability?_s_id=cve details this as an arbitrary file deletion vulnerability in the WordPress Movie Booking plugin version 1.1.5, providing further technical analysis for mitigation strategies such as plugin removal or upgrade if patches become available.
OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2026-4040
Vulnerability details
Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in ovatheme Movie Booking movie-booking allows Path Traversal.This issue affects Movie Booking: from n/a through <= 1.1.5.
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Related Threats
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
Path traversal in public-facing WordPress plugin enables remote unauthenticated exploitation (T1190); resulting arbitrary file deletion directly supports data destruction for availability impact (T1485).
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Mitigating Controls
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
Remediates the path traversal flaw in the Movie Booking WordPress plugin by patching, upgrading, or removing the vulnerable software to prevent arbitrary file deletion.
Validates pathname inputs to the plugin to block traversal sequences like '../', preventing access and deletion outside restricted directories.
Prohibits or controls user installation of unapproved plugins like Movie Booking, reducing exposure to this path traversal vulnerability.