CVE-2019-25138 is a critical arbitrary file upload vulnerability affecting the User Submitted Posts plugin for WordPress, specifically versions up to and including 20190312. The flaw stems from missing file type validation, allowing unauthenticated attackers to upload malicious files. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), this vulnerability poses a severe risk of remote code execution, enabling full compromise of affected websites. Despite its high severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 20190312CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:plugin-planet:user_submitted_posts:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.