Description

The File Away plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads due to a missing capability check and missing file type validation in the upload() function in all versions up to, and including, 3.9.9.0.1. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to upload arbitrary files on the affected site's server which may make remote code execution possible.

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2025-2512

CVSS Base Severity: CRITICAL

CVSS Base Score: 9.8

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products

Vendor: thomstark

Product: File Away

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.28% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 51.11% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-04-17 (when was this score calculated)

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-2512
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/9a93313d-a5d7-4109-93c5-b2da26e7a486?source=cve
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/file-away/trunk/lib/cls/class.fileaway_management.php#L1094
https://wordpress.org/plugins/file-away/#developers

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