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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2025-5012
CVE-2025-5012:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
The Workreap plugin for WordPress, used by the Workreap - Freelance Marketplace WordPress Theme, contains a vulnerability identified as CVE-2025-5012. The vulnerability was discovered and disclosed on June 12, 2025, affecting all versions up to and including 3.3.2 (NVD, Wiz).
Technical details
The vulnerability stems from insufficient file type validation in the 'workreaptempuploadtomedia' function. It is classified under CWE-434 (Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type) with a CVSS v3.1 base score of 8.8 (HIGH) and vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H (NVD, Wordfence).
Impact
The vulnerability allows authenticated attackers with Subscriber-level access and above to upload arbitrary files on the affected site's server. This capability could potentially lead to remote code execution, posing a significant security risk to affected WordPress installations (NVD).
Mitigation and workarounds
Website administrators running the Workreap plugin should update to version 3.3.3 or later as detailed in the release notes (Theme Release).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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