CVE-2025-11521 (GCVE-0-2025-11521)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-11-11 03:30 – Updated: 2025-11-12 20:04
VLAI?
Title
Astra Security Suite – Firewall & Malware Scan <= 0.2 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Upload
Summary
The Astra Security Suite – Firewall & Malware Scan plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads due to insufficient validation of remote URLs for zip downloads and an easily guessable key in all versions up to, and including, 0.2. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to upload arbitrary files on the affected site's server which may make remote code execution possible.
Severity ?
8.1 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
astrasecuritysuite Astra Security Suite – Firewall & Malware Scan Affected: * , ≤ 0.2 (semver)
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Credits
Kenneth Dunn
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