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1 vulnerability by koopersmith
CVE-2025-12637 (GCVE-0-2025-12637)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-11-11 03:30 – Updated: 2025-11-12 20:05
VLAI?
Title
Elastic Theme Editor <= 0.0.3 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary File Upload
Summary
The Elastic Theme Editor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads due to a dynamic code generation feature in the process_theme function in all versions up to, and including, 0.0.3. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to upload arbitrary files on the affected site's server which may make remote code execution possible.
Severity ?
8.8 (High)
CWE
- CWE-94 - Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
Assigner
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| koopersmith | Elastic Theme Editor |
Affected:
* , ≤ 0.0.3
(semver)
|
Credits
Kenneth Dunn
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