# 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.

- **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:** 17 Sep 2025
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-xqhw-96qr-hjw7

## 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 (Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type)

## 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:

- StoreEngine – Powerful WordPress eCommerce Plugin for Payments, Memberships, Affiliates, Sales & More <= 1.4.0 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary File Upload (github_poc): https://github.com/d0n601/CVE-2025-9216

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-9216 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: 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.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-9216 exists.

Affected product: kodezen StoreEngine — Complete eCommerce Solution with Memberships, Licensing, Affiliates & More. 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-2025-9216/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-9216/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-9216
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-9216
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-9216

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-9216/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.