URL Image Importer <= 1.0.6 — Authenticated (Author+) Arbitrary File Upload
CVE-2025-12138Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: 1.0 – 1.0.6Update to 1.0.7 or newer
All remediation steps- Severity
- High8.8
- CVSS
- 8.8CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:LAttack complexity- Low
PR:LPrivileges required- Low
UI:NUser interaction- None
S:UScope- Unchanged
C:HConfidentiality- High
I:HIntegrity- High
A:HAvailability- High
- Weakness
- CWE-434 Arbitrary File Upload
- Required access
- Unknown
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
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Am I affected?
URL Image Importer – Import External Images to the Media Library from URL, CSV & XML url-image-importer
- Affected1.0 – 1.0.6
- Patched in1.0.7
Update to 1.0.7 or newer.
You are affected if you run 1.0 – 1.0.6. Version 1.0.7 and later are not affected by this issue.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under URL Image Importer – Import External Images to the Media Library from URL, CSV & XML.
- No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
What to do
- Update to version 1.0.7, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch URL Image Importer – Import External Images to the Media Library from URL, CSV & XML to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to kr0d.
The URL Image Importer plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads due to insufficient file type validation in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.6. This is due to the plugin relying on a user-controlled Content-Type HTTP header to validate file uploads in the 'uimptr_import_image_from_url()' function which writes the file to the server before performing proper validation. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Author-level access and above, to upload arbitrary files on the affected site's server which may make remote code execution possible via the uploaded PHP file.
Exploits & references
Proof-of-concept & detection
No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.
Advisories & patches
- Advisorywordfence.com
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Timeline
CVE published
Severity high, CVSS 8.8
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
Wordfence record- Vulnerability data
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