CVE-2025-5322
Published: 03 July 2025
Summary
CVE-2025-5322 is a high-severity Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type (CWE-434) vulnerability in E4Jconnect Vikrentcar. Its CVSS base score is 7.2 (High).
Operationally, ranked in the top 14.0% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Deeper analysis
The VikRentCar Car Rental Management System plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads due to missing file type validation in the do_updatecar and createcar functions in all versions up to and including 1.4.3. This flaw, tracked as CVE-2025-5322 with a CVSS score of 7.2 and CWE-434, allows unauthenticated file writes on the server that can lead to remote code execution.
Authenticated attackers with Administrator-level access or higher can exploit the issue over the network by uploading malicious files through the affected functions, achieving full control over the site including execution of arbitrary code.
Public references point to a WordPress plugin changeset that addresses the vulnerability along with source code locations in the 1.4.3 release, indicating that site administrators should apply the available update to remediate the exposure. The associated EPSS score remains flat at 0.0264 with no material increase observed after disclosure.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-19909
Vulnerability details
The VikRentCar Car Rental Management System plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads due to missing file type validation in the do_updatecar and createcar functions in all versions up to, and including, 1.4.3. This makes it possible for…
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authenticated attackers, with Administrator-level access and above, to upload arbitrary files 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.