CVE-2025-12399 Alex Reservations: Smart Restaurant Booking <= 2.2.3 - Authenticated (Admin+) Arbitrary File Upload
Administrators can upload arbitrary files via a REST endpoint, potentially leading to remote code execution on the server.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-12399?
CVE-2025-12399 is a high-severity vulnerability in alexreservations Alex Reservations: Smart Restaurant Booking, published on 8 Nov 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Alex Reservations: Smart Restaurant Booking plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads due to missing file type validation in the /wp-json/srr/v1/app/upload/file REST endpoint in all versions up to, and including, 2.2.3. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Administrator-level access and above, to upload arbitrary files on the affected site's server which may make remote code execution possible.
Weakness: CWE-434
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-12399?
How do I fix CVE-2025-12399?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-12399 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2025-12399 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-12399 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Public exploit code: 1 proofs of concept on GitHub.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-76x3-974v-wx5g.