CVE-2025-14045 (GCVE-0-2025-14045)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-12-12 03:20 – Updated: 2025-12-12 03:20
VLAI?
Summary
The URL Media Uploader plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized safe file uploads due to a missing capability check on the url_media_uploader_url_upload_ajax_handler() function in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.1. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to upload safe media files.
Severity ?
4.3 (Medium)
CWE
- CWE-862 - Missing Authorization
Assigner
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| apprhyme | URL Media Uploader |
Affected:
* , ≤ 1.0.1
(semver)
|
Credits
jason carle
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Sightings
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Nomenclature
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