# CVE-2025-2008: Import Export Suite for CSV and XML Datafeed <= 7.19 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary File Upload

> Authenticated subscribers can upload arbitrary files via CSV import, potentially leading to remote code execution on WordPress sites.

- **Severity:** High 8.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 1 Apr 2025
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-rvhm-r43q-vxvx

## What is CVE-2025-2008?

CVE-2025-2008 is a high-severity vulnerability in smackcoders WP Ultimate CSV Importer – Import CSV, XML & Excel into WordPress, published on 1 Apr 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Import Export Suite for CSV and XML Datafeed plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads due to missing file type validation in the import_single_post_as_csv() function in all versions up to, and including, 7.19. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to upload arbitrary files on the affected site's server which may make remote code execution possible. Please note this vulnerability was reintroduced in 7.20, and subsequently patched again in 7.20.1.

Weakness: CWE-434 (Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-2008?


## How do I fix CVE-2025-2008?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-2008 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-2008 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-2008 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

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Check this codebase for CVE-2025-2008 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-2008 is a high-severity vulnerability in smackcoders WP Ultimate CSV Importer – Import CSV, XML & Excel into WordPress, published on 1 Apr 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-2008 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: smackcoders WP Ultimate CSV Importer – Import CSV, XML & Excel into WordPress. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-2008/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-2008/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-2008
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-2008
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-2008

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-2008/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.