CVE-2025-14045 URL Media Uploader <= 1.0.1 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Contributor+) Safe File Upload
Authenticated contributors can upload media files without proper authorization checks in the URL Media Uploader WordPress plugin.
- 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-2025-14045?
CVE-2025-14045 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in apprhyme URL Media Uploader, published on 12 Dec 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The URL Media Uploader plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized safe file uploads due to a missing capability check on the url_media_uploader_url_upload_ajax_handler() function in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.1. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to upload safe media files.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-14045?
How do I fix CVE-2025-14045?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-14045 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2025-14045 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-14045 exists.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-877f-6rrp-84p7.