CVE-2025-3917
Published: 15 May 2025
Summary
CVE-2025-3917 is a critical-severity Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type (CWE-434) vulnerability in Wordpress (inferred from references). Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).
Operationally, ranked in the top 16.7% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Deeper analysis
The 百度站长SEO合集(支持百度/神马/Bing/头条推送) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads due to missing file type validation in the download_remote_image_to_media_library function. This issue affects all versions through 2.0.6 and is tracked as CWE-434 with a CVSS 3.1 score of 9.8.
Unauthenticated attackers can exploit the flaw over the network to upload arbitrary files to the server, which may enable remote code execution on the affected site.
A fix is available in a subsequent plugin release, as indicated by the referenced changeset on the WordPress plugin repository. The current and peak EPSS scores remain low at 0.0182 with no material increase observed after disclosure.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-14953
Vulnerability details
The 百度站长SEO合集(支持百度/神马/Bing/头条推送) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads due to missing file type validation in the download_remote_image_to_media_library function in all versions up to, and including, 2.0.6. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to upload arbitrary files…
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on the affected site's server which may make remote code execution possible.
- 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.
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.