CVE-2025-11499
Published: 01 November 2025
Description
Adversaries may attempt to exploit a weakness in an Internet-facing host or system to initially access a network.
Security Summary
CVE-2025-11499 is an arbitrary file upload vulnerability in the Tablesome Table – Contact Form DB – WPForms, CF7, Gravity, Forminator, Fluent plugin for WordPress, affecting all versions up to and including 1.1.32. The flaw arises from missing file type validation in the set_featured_image_from_external_url() function within the plugin's workflow library, specifically in wp-post-creation.php. Published on 2025-11-01, it carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 9.8 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H) and maps to CWE-434 (Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type).
Unauthenticated attackers can exploit this vulnerability to upload arbitrary files to the affected WordPress site's server. Remote code execution may be achievable in specific configurations where unauthenticated users have access to methods for adding featured images and a relevant workflow trigger has been created.
Advisories, including Wordfence's threat intelligence report, provide further details on the issue. A patch is indicated in WordPress plugin trac changeset 3386484 for the wp-post-creation.php file, and the vulnerable code is viewable at the plugin's trac browser location line 309.
Details
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Why these techniques?
Unauthenticated arbitrary file upload vulnerability in a public-facing WordPress plugin enables exploitation of public-facing applications, potentially leading to remote code execution.