thomstark File Away Plugin up to 3.9.9.0.1 on WordPress upload unrestricted upload

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A vulnerability was found in thomstark File Away Plugin up to 3.9.9.0.1 on WordPress. It has been classified as critical. Affected by this issue is the function Upload. Performing a manipulation results in unrestricted upload. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2025-2512. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in thomstark File Away Plugin up to 3.9.9.0.1 on WordPress. This affects the function upload. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a unrestricted upload vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-434. The product allows the attacker to upload or transfer files of dangerous types that can be automatically processed within the product's environment. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The File Away plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads due to a missing capability check and missing file type validation in the upload() function in all versions up to, and including, 3.9.9.0.1. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to upload arbitrary files on the affected site's server which may make remote code execution possible.

The weakness was released by Sélim Lanouar. The advisory is shared at wordfence.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2025-2512 since 03/19/2025. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 08/11/2025). MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1608.002 for this issue.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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• WordPress Plugin

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• thomstark

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• File Away Plugin

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• 3.9.9.0.0
• 3.9.9.0.1

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