WP Zone Inline Image Upload for BBPress Plugin up to 1.1.19 on WordPress unrestricted upload

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in WP Zone Inline Image Upload for BBPress Plugin up to 1.1.19 on WordPress. This affects an unknown part. Executing a manipulation can lead to unrestricted upload. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2025-2006. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available.

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A vulnerability classified as critical was found in WP Zone Inline Image Upload for BBPress Plugin up to 1.1.19 on WordPress. This vulnerability affects some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a unrestricted upload vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

The Inline Image Upload for BBPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads due to missing file type validation in the file uploading functionality in all versions up to, and including, 1.1.19. 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. This may be exploitable by unauthenticated attackers when the "Allow guest users without accounts to create topics and replies" setting is enabled.

The advisory is shared for download at wordfence.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2025-2006 since 03/05/2025. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 04/08/2025). The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1608.002.

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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Type

• WordPress Plugin

Vendor

• WP Zone

Name

• Inline Image Upload for BBPress Plugin

Version

• 1.1.0
• 1.1.1
• 1.1.2
• 1.1.3
• 1.1.4
• 1.1.5
• 1.1.6
• 1.1.7
• 1.1.8
• 1.1.9
• 1.1.10
• 1.1.11
• 1.1.12
• 1.1.13
• 1.1.14
• 1.1.15
• 1.1.16
• 1.1.17
• 1.1.18
• 1.1.19

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