CVE-2025-8723 (GCVE-0-2025-8723)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-08-19 07:26 – Updated: 2026-04-08 16:35
VLAI
Title
Cloudflare Image Resizing <= 1.5.6 - Missing Authentication to Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution via rest_pre_dispatch Hook
Summary
The Cloudflare Image Resizing plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Remote Code Execution due to missing authentication and insufficient sanitization within its hook_rest_pre_dispatch() method in all versions up to, and including, 1.5.6. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary PHP into the codebase, achieving remote code execution.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-94 - Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Credits
Kenneth Dunn
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