CVE-2025-13065 Starter Templates <= 4.4.41 - Authenticated (Author+) Arbitrary File Upload via WXR Upload Bypass
Authenticated attackers with author privileges can upload arbitrary files via WXR bypass, potentially leading to remote code execution on WordPress sites.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-13065?
CVE-2025-13065 is a high-severity vulnerability in brainstormforce Starter Templates – AI-Powered Templates for Elementor & Gutenberg, published on 6 Dec 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Starter Templates plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file upload in all versions up to, and including, 4.4.41. This is due to insufficient file type validation detecting WXR files, allowing double extension files to bypass sanitization while being accepted as a valid WXR file. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with author-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-2025-13065?
How do I fix CVE-2025-13065?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-13065 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2025-13065 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-13065 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-448f-ppw8-j6q6.