CVE-2025-2008

Import Export Suite for CSV and XML Datafeed <= 7.19 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary File Upload

2025-03-31 15:56
mikemyers

Strategic Overview

Status
Patched in 7.19.1
Affected Plugin
WP Ultimate CSV Importer – WordPress CSV, XML & Excel Import
Affected Version
7.19 – 7.20 · 2 branches
CVSS
8.8High
Weakness type
CWE-434 · Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type
CVE
CVE-2025-2008
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At a glance

CVE-2025-2008 is a high-severity Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type vulnerability in the WP Ultimate CSV Importer WordPress plugin, affecting versions 7.19 – 7.20 · 2 branches. It carries a CVSS score of 8.8 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity; high confidentiality, integrity, availability impact). Exploitation requires an authenticated account at Subscriber level or above. The issue is fixed in version 7.19.1; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed March 2025, reported by mikemyers.

Vulnerability Overview

The Import Export Suite for CSV and XML Datafeed plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads due to missing file type validation in the import_single_post_as_csv() function in all versions up to, and including, 7.19. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to upload arbitrary files on the affected site's server which may make remote code execution possible. Please note this vulnerability was reintroduced in 7.20, and subsequently patched again in 7.20.1.

Technical Analysis

The vector marks this flaw as remotely reachable over the network, with low attack complexity — no special timing or configuration is needed, and no interaction from a victim user. A successful exploit has high impact on confidentiality, integrity, availability — full site compromise territory.

CWE-434: Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type

WP Ultimate CSV Importer 7.19 – 7.20 · 2 branches carries this weakness at import_single_post_as_csv(), and reaching it takes an account at Subscriber level or above. An unrestricted file upload lets a caller store a file whose type or destination the application does not properly constrain.

If an uploaded file lands anywhere the server will execute, the flaw becomes remote code execution and the site should be treated as fully compromised. For WP Ultimate CSV Importer the fix is 7.19.1: builds 7.19 – 7.20 · 2 branches are affected, anything from 7.19.1 onward is not.

Remediation

Update to one of the following versions, or a newer patched version: 7.19.1, 7.20.1

How does WordSec protect against this?

An attacker needs Subscriber access first, so the firewall sees the attempt as traffic from a logged-in account: WordSec's web application firewall inspects request payloads before WordPress loads them. Classes like this one can leave something behind, so the staged malware scanner is the second half: it looks for dropped files and modified code rather than for the request that created them. None of that substitutes for the fix: WP Ultimate CSV Importer 7.19.1 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.

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External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-2008https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a114faf9-cada-4132-abe3-c0137b66e276https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-2008

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