Cyber Resilience

CVE-2025-62050

Critical

Published: 22 January 2026

Published
22 January 2026
Modified
15 April 2026
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 9.9 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0048 37.9th percentile
Risk Priority 70 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2025-62050 is a critical-severity Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type (CWE-434) vulnerability. Its CVSS base score is 9.9 (Critical).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 37.9th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); 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).

Deeper analysis

CVE-2025-62050 is an Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type vulnerability (CWE-434) in the Blogmatic WordPress theme developed by blazethemes. This issue affects Blogmatic versions from n/a through 1.0.3 and was published on 2026-01-22.

The vulnerability carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 9.9 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H), indicating that low-privileged remote attackers require minimal complexity and no user interaction to exploit it over the network. Successful exploitation allows attackers to upload files with dangerous types, potentially leading to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, availability, and a change in scope.

The Patchstack advisory at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Theme/blogmatic/vulnerability/wordpress-blogmatic-theme-1-0-3-arbitrary-file-upload-vulnerability?_s_id=cve provides details on this arbitrary file upload vulnerability in the WordPress Blogmatic theme version 1.0.3.

OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)

A06:2025 Insecure Design

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type vulnerability in blazethemes Blogmatic blogmatic.This issue affects Blogmatic: from n/a through <= 1.0.3.

CWE(s)
CWE-434

Related Threats

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.
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T1505.003 Web Shell Persistence
Adversaries may backdoor web servers with web shells to establish persistent access to systems.
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Why these techniques?

Arbitrary file upload (CWE-434) in public-facing WordPress theme directly enables remote exploitation (T1190) and web shell deployment for code execution (T1505.003).

Confidence: HIGH · MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v19.0

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Affected Assets

Mitigating Controls

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

SI-2 Flaw Remediation good match
prevent

Directly remediates the specific unrestricted file upload flaw in Blogmatic theme versions <=1.0.3, preventing low-privileged attackers from exploiting CVE-2025-62050.

SI-10 Information Input Validation good match
prevent

Enforces validation of uploaded files in the vulnerable theme handler to reject dangerous types, comprehensively addressing the CWE-434 vulnerability in CVE-2025-62050.

SI-9 Information Input Restrictions good match
prevent

Restricts file uploads to approved safe types only within the Blogmatic theme, preventing exploitation of the unrestricted dangerous file upload in CVE-2025-62050.

References