CVE-2025-3054
Published: 05 June 2025
Summary
CVE-2025-3054 is a high-severity Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type (CWE-434) vulnerability. Its CVSS base score is 8.8 (High).
Operationally, ranked in the top 18.7% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Deeper analysis
The WP User Frontend Pro plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads due to missing file type validation in the upload_files() function. This affects all versions up to and including 4.1.3 and requires the Private Message module to be enabled along with the Business version of the PRO software. The issue is tracked as CWE-434 and carries a CVSS 3.1 score of 8.8.
Authenticated attackers with Subscriber-level access or higher can exploit the flaw to upload arbitrary files to the server, which may enable remote code execution on the affected WordPress site. The attack can be performed remotely without user interaction once the necessary module and version conditions are met.
Advisories reference the plugin changelog and Wordfence threat intelligence entry, indicating that the vulnerability is resolved in subsequent releases beyond 4.1.3.
The associated EPSS score remains flat at 0.0147 with no material increase from its initial value, providing no indication of rising exploitation interest after disclosure.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-16962
Vulnerability details
The WP User Frontend Pro plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads due to missing file type validation in the upload_files() function in all versions up to, and including, 4.1.3. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with…
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Subscriber-level access and above, to upload arbitrary files on the affected site's server which may make remote code execution possible. Please note that this requires the 'Private Message' module to be enabled and the Business version of the PRO software to be in use.
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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.
Requiring identifiable owners for portable devices reduces the attack surface for unrestricted uploads of dangerous file types via anonymous media.
Dangerous file uploads can be detonated in the chamber to determine malice before any production write or execution occurs.
Prevents unrestricted writing of arbitrary or malicious firmware by keeping hardware write-protect enabled except under tightly controlled manual procedures.
Scans files from external sources on download/open/execute, blocking unrestricted uploads of dangerous file types.