CVE-2025-6079

High

Published: 16 August 2025

Published

16 August 2025

Modified

15 April 2026

KEV Added

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Patch

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CVSS Score 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS Score 0.0051 66.3th percentile

Risk Priority 18 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2025-6079 is a high-severity Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type (CWE-434) vulnerability in Codecanyon (inferred from references). Its CVSS base score is 8.8 (High).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked in the top 33.7% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

The strongest mitigations our analysis identified are NIST 800-53 SI-10 (Information Input Validation) and SI-2 (Flaw Remediation).

Threat & Defense at a Glance

What attackers do: exploitation maps to Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190) and 2 other techniques. What defenders deploy: see the NIST 800-53 controls recommended below.

Threat & Defense Details

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5)AI

SI-2 Flaw Remediation good match

prevent

Timely flaw remediation ensures the vulnerable School Management System plugin is patched to fix the missing file type validation in homework.php.

SI-10 Information Input Validation good match

prevent

Information input validation directly enforces file type and content checks on uploads to block arbitrary dangerous files.

SI-9 Information Input Restrictions good match

prevent

Information input restrictions limit allowed file types for student homework uploads, preventing exploitation of unrestricted file upload.

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application Initial Access

Adversaries may attempt to exploit a weakness in an Internet-facing host or system to initially access a network.

attack.mitre.org →

T1505.003 Web Shell Persistence

Adversaries may backdoor web servers with web shells to establish persistent access to systems.

attack.mitre.org →

T1105 Ingress Tool Transfer Command And Control

Adversaries may transfer tools or other files from an external system into a compromised environment.

attack.mitre.org →

Why these techniques?

Arbitrary file upload flaw in public-facing WordPress plugin directly enables web shell deployment for RCE (T1505.003), exploitation of the exposed application (T1190), and ingress of malicious code (T1105).

Confidence: HIGH · MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v18.1

NVD Description

The School Management System for Wordpress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads due to missing file type validation in the homework.php file in all versions up to, and including, 93.2.0. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers,…

with Student-level access and above, to upload arbitrary files on the affected site's server which may make remote code execution possible. CVE-2025-31100 is potentially a duplicate of this.

Deeper analysisAI

CVE-2025-6079 is an arbitrary file upload vulnerability in the School Management System for WordPress plugin due to missing file type validation in the homework.php file. It affects all versions up to and including 93.2.0 and was published on 2025-08-16. The issue carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 8.8 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H) and maps to CWE-434 (Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type).

Authenticated attackers with Student-level access or higher can exploit this vulnerability over the network with low complexity and no user interaction required. By uploading arbitrary files to the affected site's server, they may achieve remote code execution, granting high levels of confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact.

Mitigation details are available in advisories linked to the CVE, including Wordfence's threat intelligence at https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d872ec33-6284-495c-b894-41fe7b40b63c?source=cve and the plugin's Codecanyon page at https://codecanyon.net/item/school-management-system-for-wordpress/11470032. CVE-2025-31100 is noted as a potential duplicate.