CVE-2025-3053
Published: 15 May 2025
Summary
CVE-2025-3053 is a high-severity Code Injection (CWE-94) vulnerability in Wordpress (inferred from references). Its CVSS base score is 8.8 (High).
Operationally, ranked in the top 16.6% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Deeper analysis
The UiPress lite plugin for WordPress, which provides custom dashboards, admin themes, and pages, contains a remote code execution vulnerability in all versions through 3.5.07. The flaw resides in the uip_process_form_input() function, which accepts unsanitized user input to invoke arbitrary PHP functions with attacker-controlled arguments and performs no capability or permission checks, corresponding to CWE-94.
Authenticated attackers holding Subscriber or higher privileges can exploit the issue over the network to execute arbitrary code on the underlying server, potentially achieving full compromise of the WordPress installation and its data.
A fix has been published in the plugin's official repository via changeset 3292552, which addresses the ajax-functions.php file; Wordfence and similar sources recommend immediate update to a patched release.
The associated EPSS score remains flat at 0.0186 with no material increase after disclosure.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-15143
Vulnerability details
The UiPress lite | Effortless custom dashboards, admin themes and pages plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Remote Code Execution in all versions up to, and including, 3.5.07 via the uip_process_form_input() function. This is due to the function taking user…
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supplied inputs to execute arbitrary functions with arbitrary data, and does not have any sort of capability check. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to execute arbitrary code on the server.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Makes persistent code injection into loaded programs impossible when the executable image itself resides on hardware-protected read-only media.
Dynamically generated code can be produced and executed inside the isolated chamber, preventing host compromise from code-injection payloads.
Validates inputs used in dynamic code generation to block injected directives.
Directly prevents execution of attacker-supplied code written into data memory regions.