CVE-2025-12171

Description

The RESTful Content Syndication plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads due to missing file type validation in the ingest_image() function in versions 1.1.0 to 1.5.0. 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. This requires the attacker have access to a defined third-party server as specified in the settings, so it is unlikely that this will be exploitable by contributor-level users, and more likely to be exploited by administrators who also have access to the plugin's settings.

PUBLISHED Reserved 2025-10-24 | Published 2025-11-01 | Updated 2025-11-03 | Assigner Wordfence

Problem types

CWE-434 Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type

Product status

Timeline

Credits

Kenneth Dunn finder

References

www.wordfence.com/...-b7ac-4a4f-bd05-e563a3dfb839?source=cve

plugins.trac.wordpress.org/...dication&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=

cve.org (CVE-2025-12171)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2025-12171)

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