CVE-2019-25138 User Submitted Posts <= 20190312 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Upload

What is CVE-2019-25138?

CVE-2019-25138 is a critical vulnerability in specialk User Submitted Posts – Enable Users to Submit Posts from the Front End, published on 7 Jun 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The User Submitted Posts plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads due to missing file type validation in the usp_check_images function in versions up to, and including, 20190312. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to upload arbitrary files on the affected sites server which may make remote code execution possible.

Weakness: CWE-434

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-25138?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Plugin-Planet User Submitted Posts.

How do I fix CVE-2019-25138?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-25138 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2019-25138 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-25138 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in specialk User Submitted Posts – Enable Users to Submit Posts from the Front End

• CVE-2023-45603 WordPress User Submitted Posts Plugin <= 20230902 is vulnerable to Arbitrary File Upload Critical 9.0
• CVE-2023-4308 User Submitted Posts <= 20230809 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'user-submitted-content' High 7.2
• CVE-2023-4779 Cross-site scripting in User Submitted Posts – Enable Users to Submit Posts from the Front End Medium 6.4
• CVE-2016-11001 Cross-site scripting in n/a Medium 6.1
• CVE-2024-5002 User Submitted Posts < 20240516 - Admin+ Stored XSS Medium 4.8

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-wrjq-6j55-j564.