CVE-2025-9216 File upload in StoreEngine — Complete eCommerce Solution with Memberships, Licensing, Affiliates & More
Authenticated attackers can upload arbitrary files via the import function, potentially leading to remote code execution on the server.
- 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-2025-9216?
CVE-2025-9216 is a high-severity vulnerability in kodezen StoreEngine — Complete eCommerce Solution with Memberships, Licensing, Affiliates & More, published on 17 Sep 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The StoreEngine – Powerful WordPress eCommerce Plugin for Payments, Memberships, Affiliates, Sales & More plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads due to missing file type validation in the import() function in all versions up to, and including, 1.5.0. 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.
Weakness: CWE-434
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-9216?
How do I fix CVE-2025-9216?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-9216 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2025-9216 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-9216 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 proofs of concept on GitHub.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-xqhw-96qr-hjw7.