CVE-2025-31051 EngoTheme CVE debrief

Who should care

Defenders responsible for WordPress installations using the EngoTheme Plant - Gardening & Houseplants WordPress Theme should assess their exposure and verify the version in their inventory.

Why it matters

CVE-2025-31051 is a MEDIUM-severity vulnerability in the EngoTheme Plant - Gardening & Houseplants WordPress Theme that allows retrieval of embedded sensitive data. Defenders responsible for WordPress installations using this theme should verify their version and check for vendor remediation to mitigate potential exposure.

• Verification of vulnerability in inventory is required to determine potential exposure
• Potential sensitive data exposure may occur if the vulnerability is not remediated
• Defenders should check for vendor remediation or updates to mitigate the vulnerability

Technical summary

The EngoTheme Plant - Gardening & Houseplants WordPress Theme is vulnerable to Exposure of Sensitive System Information to an Unauthorized Control Sphere. This issue allows retrieval of embedded sensitive data and affects versions from n/a through 1.0.0. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.3 and a severity rating of MEDIUM. Defenders should prioritize verifying the vulnerability in their inventory and checking for vendor remediation to mitigate potential exposure. The technical impact is that sensitive data may be retrieved by unauthorized parties.

Defensive priority

Defenders should prioritize verifying the vulnerability in their inventory and checking for vendor remediation.

Recommended defensive actions

• Verify the EngoTheme Plant - Gardening & Houseplants WordPress Theme version in your inventory
• Check for vendor remediation or updates
• Monitor for potential sensitive data exposure
• Review compensating controls for exposed systems while remediation is scheduled and verified
• Check relevant monitoring, detection, and logs for exposed assets that need extra review
• Track exceptions, retest remediated assets, and close the item only after evidence is documented
• Confirm whether affected product deployments exist in managed environments and assign an owner for follow-up

Evidence notes

The CVE record and NVD entry provide limited information about the vulnerability. Further verification is required to determine the actual impact and affected scope. Defenders should verify the vulnerability in their inventory, check for vendor remediation or updates, and monitor for potential sensitive data exposure. The source details are limited, so explicit evidence-limit language and defensive verification tasks are necessary.

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Methodology and review provenance

AI-assisted synthesis based on stored public vulnerability evidence. System validation, approval state, and publication status do not by themselves establish human review of this revision. PatchSiren helps prioritize defensive review and does not prove exposure or remediation on any system.