CVE-2025-28915
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

CVE-2025-28915 is a critical security vulnerability affecting the ThemeEgg ToolKit WordPress plugin versions through 1.2.9. The vulnerability was discovered and disclosed on March 11, 2025, and is classified as an Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type vulnerability that allows attackers to upload a Web Shell to a Web Server (NVD, Patchstack).

Technical details

The vulnerability is categorized as CWE-434 (Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type) and has received a CVSS v3.1 base score of 9.1 CRITICAL with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H. This indicates a critical severity level with network attack vector, low attack complexity, and high privileges required (NVD).

Impact

The vulnerability allows malicious actors to upload any type of file to the affected website, including backdoors which can then be executed to gain further access to the website. This could potentially lead to complete website compromise (Patchstack).

Mitigation and workarounds

As of the disclosure date, no official fix is available for this vulnerability. Website administrators running affected versions of the ThemeEgg ToolKit plugin should consider removing or disabling the plugin until a patch is released (Patchstack).

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