Cyber Resilience

CVE-2025-68909

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 0.0046 36.8th percentile
Risk Priority 70 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2025-68909 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 36.8th 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-2025-68909 is an Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type vulnerability (CWE-434) in the Blogistic WordPress theme by blazethemes. The flaw allows the use of malicious files and affects Blogistic versions from n/a through 1.0.5.

The vulnerability carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 9.9 (Critical), with attack vector AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H. Low-privileged users, such as authenticated WordPress contributors, can exploit it remotely with low complexity and no user interaction. Exploitation enables high-impact compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability across the affected scope, typically through uploading dangerous files like webshells for remote code execution.

Mitigation details are available in the Patchstack advisory at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Theme/blogistic/vulnerability/wordpress-blogistic-theme-1-0-5-arbitrary-file-upload-vulnerability?_s_id=cve, which covers this arbitrary file upload issue in Blogistic 1.0.5.

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 Blogistic blogistic allows Using Malicious Files.This issue affects Blogistic: from n/a through <= 1.0.5.

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?

Unrestricted file upload (CWE-434) in public-facing WordPress theme directly enables web shell deployment for RCE.

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

Requires timely identification, reporting, and remediation of software flaws like the unrestricted file upload vulnerability in Blogistic <=1.0.5, preventing exploitation via patching.

SI-10 Information Input Validation good match
prevent

Enforces validation of information inputs such as uploaded files to reject dangerous types and contents, directly mitigating CWE-434 unrestricted uploads.

SI-3 Malicious Code Protection good match
preventdetect

Deploys and maintains malicious code protection mechanisms to scan and block execution of dangerous uploaded files like webshells.

References