Plugins · player-leaderboard · data as of 2026-11-04
Is Player Leaderboard safe? Known vulnerabilities and latest version
- Latest version
- 1.1
- Last updated
- 2026-07-21
- Active installs
- 30+
- Known issues on record
- 1
- Unpatched in latest
- 0
- Tested up to WP
- 7.0.8 · PHP 7.4+
Manage sports competitions, players and results, then publish standings, rankings and duel matrices with a shortcode. — by tharkun69
What to do
- Update to the latest version (1.1). Anything older than 1.0.3 has at least one known issue listed below. Dashboard → Updates, or Plugins → “update now”.
- If you cannot update right away, deactivate it until you can.
- Turn on auto-updates for it: Plugins → “Enable auto-updates” on its row.
- If you ran a vulnerable version and something looks off (spam pages, strange admins, redirects), run the free scan.
With WP-CLI: wp plugin get player-leaderboard --field=version shows what you run; wp plugin update player-leaderboard updates it.
Check your version
Known vulnerabilities
1 on record, newest first. “Affected” is the version range the source gives; “fixed in” is the version the source names, or (marked *) the first wordpress.org release after the last affected version.
high 8.8 CVE-2025-12824 · published 2025-12-12
Remote code execution in Player Leaderboard (1.0.0 to 1.0.2)
- Affected
- 1.0.0 to 1.0.2
- Fixed in
- 1.0.3 *
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- Needs a low-level account (e.g. subscriber)
- Range from
- CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by Wordfence
Details from the advisory
The Player Leaderboard plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Local File Inclusion in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.2 via the 'player_leaderboard' shortcode. This is due to the plugin using an unsanitized user-supplied value from the shortcode's 'mode' attribute in a call to include() without proper path validation. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to include and execute arbitrary PHP files on the server, allowing the execution of any PHP code in those files. This can be used to bypass access controls, obtain sensitive data, or achieve full remote code execution if combined with file upload capabilities.
NVD CVE-2025-12824Wordfence advisoryCode change (fix)Plugin source
Recent activity
- 2026-07-21 — latest release on wordpress.org (1.1).
- 2025-12-12 — Remote code execution disclosed (CVE-2025-12824), fixed in 1.0.3.
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Browse vulnerabilities
Types found in this plugin: Remote code execution (1)
Where this data comes from
- Version, last update, installs: wordpress.org/plugins/player-leaderboard (Plugins API), fetched 2026-11-04.
- Vulnerabilities: NIST National Vulnerability Database (NVD), checked 2026-11-04. This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
- Each record links to its CVE page and to the original advisory (Wordfence, Patchstack or WPScan) where there is one. We only list a CVE here when its references or its advisory name this exact plugin, so a few real issues may be missing; none should be about a different plugin. Spot an error? Email Daniel.
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