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CVE-2025-2525: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

CVE-2025-2525 affects the Streamit theme for WordPress, discovered and disclosed on April 7, 2025. The vulnerability exists in all versions up to and including 4.0.1, allowing authenticated attackers with subscriber-level permissions or higher to upload arbitrary files due to missing file type validation in the 'st_Authentication_Controller::edit_profile' function (NVD).

Technical details

The vulnerability stems from insufficient file type validation in the 'st_Authentication_Controller::edit_profile' function. It has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 8.8 HIGH (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H) and is classified under CWE-434 (Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type) (NVD, Wordfence).

Impact

The vulnerability allows authenticated attackers with subscriber-level permissions or higher to upload arbitrary files to the affected site's server. This capability could potentially lead to remote code execution, significantly compromising the security of affected WordPress installations (NVD).

Mitigation and workarounds

The vulnerability was addressed in version 4.0.2 released on March 21, 2025, with security improvements. Users are advised to update to the latest version of the Streamit theme (Streamit Changelog).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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