CVE-2025-14478 Demo Importer Plus <= 2.0.9 - Authenticated (Author+) Blind XML External Entity Injection via SVG File Upload

High 7.5 Published Updated
Exploited in the wild
Not known
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2025-14478?

CVE-2025-14478 is a high-severity vulnerability in kraftplugins Demo Importer Plus, published on 17 Jan 2026.

Official description

The Demo Importer Plus plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to XML External Entity Injection (XXE) in all versions up to, and including, 2.0.9 via the SVG file upload functionality. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Author-level access and above, to achieve code execution in vulnerable configurations. This only impacts sites on versions of PHP older than 8.0.

Weakness: CWE-611

Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-14478?

How do I fix CVE-2025-14478?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-14478 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2025-14478 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-14478 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-4qr6-cjv5-78xj.

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