# CVE-2025-56431: Directory Traversal vulnerability in Fearless Geek Media FearlessCMS v.0.0.2-15 allows a remote attacker to cause a…

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2025-56431-directory-traversal-vulnerability-in-fearless-geek-media  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Published: 2025-12-10  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

CVE-2025-56431 · Severity: high · CVSS 7.5 · Published 2025-12-10

Directory Traversal vulnerability in Fearless Geek Media FearlessCMS v.0.0.2-15 allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service via the plugin-handler.php and the file_get_contents() function.

Technologies: [Fearlessgeekmedia Fearlesscms](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/fearlessgeekmedia-fearlesscms). Vendors: [Fearlessgeekmedia](https://junglewise.ai/threats/vendors/fearlessgeekmedia).

## Quick answers

**Is CVE-2025-56431 exploited in the wild?** No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2025-56431 being exploited in the wild.

**How severe is CVE-2025-56431?** High severity, with a CVSS score of 7.5, published 10 December 2025.

**Which products and versions are affected?** Fearlessgeekmedia Fearlesscms. The advisory does not name versions.

**Is there a fix for CVE-2025-56431?** No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.

**Am I affected by CVE-2025-56431?** Check whether you run Fearlessgeekmedia Fearlesscms. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

## Affected products

- Fearlessgeekmedia Fearlesscms

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