Alex Reservations Smart Restaurant Booking Plugin up to 2.2.3 on WordPress REST Endpoint file unrestricted upload

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A vulnerability was found in Alex Reservations Smart Restaurant Booking Plugin up to 2.2.3 on WordPress. It has been rated as critical. This affects an unknown function of the file /wp-json/srr/v1/app/upload/file of the component REST Endpoint. The manipulation leads to unrestricted upload. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2025-12399. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Alex Reservations Smart Restaurant Booking Plugin up to 2.2.3 on WordPress. This issue affects an unknown function of the file /wp-json/srr/v1/app/upload/file of the component REST Endpoint. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a unrestricted upload vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The Alex Reservations: Smart Restaurant Booking plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads due to missing file type validation in the /wp-json/srr/v1/app/upload/file REST endpoint in all versions up to, and including, 2.2.3. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Administrator-level access and above, to upload arbitrary files on the affected site's server which may make remote code execution possible.

The advisory is shared at wordfence.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-12399. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. The exploitation requires an enhanced level of successful authentication. 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 11/09/2025). 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.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2025-38369). Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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• Hospitality Software

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• Alex Reservations

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• Smart Restaurant Booking Plugin

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• 2.2.0
• 2.2.1
• 2.2.2
• 2.2.3

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Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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