{"id":22686,"date":"2025-04-13T13:02:42","date_gmt":"2025-04-13T13:02:42","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-04-24T00:37:39","modified_gmt":"2025-04-24T00:37:39","slug":"cve-2025-2006-arbitrary-file-upload-vulnerability-in-inline-image-upload-for-bbpress-wordpress-plugin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-2006-arbitrary-file-upload-vulnerability-in-inline-image-upload-for-bbpress-wordpress-plugin\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>CVE-2025-2006: Arbitrary File Upload Vulnerability in Inline Image Upload for BBPress WordPress Plugin<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The CVE-2025-2006 vulnerability, disclosed recently, poses a serious threat to websites running the Inline Image Upload for BBPress plugin for WordPress. This vulnerability, due to missing file type validation, allows attackers to upload arbitrary files, potentially leading to remote code execution. This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-3248-critical-code-injection-vulnerability-in-langflow-versions-prior-to-1-3-0\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"30427\">vulnerability is significant as it affects all versions<\/a> of the plugin up to and including 1.1.19 and can be exploited even by unauthenticated users when certain settings are enabled.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vulnerability Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CVE ID: CVE-2025-2006<br \/>\nSeverity: High (8.8 CVSS Score)<br \/>\nAttack Vector: Network<br \/>\nPrivileges Required: Low (Subscriber-level access)<br \/>\nUser Interaction: Required<br \/>\nImpact: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2024-0573-critical-vulnerability-in-totolink-lr1200gb-leading-to-potential-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"29254\">Potential system<\/a> compromise or data leakage<\/p>\n<p><strong>Affected Products<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-2199688634\" class=\"ameeb-content-2 ameeb-entity-placement\"><div style=\"border-left: 4px solid #555; padding-left: 20px; margin: 48px 0; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; color: #ffffff; line-height: 1.6; max-width: 720px;\">\r\n  <h2 style=\"margin-top: 0; font-size: 22px; font-weight: 600; display: flex; align-items: center; letter-spacing: -0.02em;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"display: inline-flex; align-items: center; margin-right: 10px;\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Best-App-icon-Ameeba.png\" alt=\"Ameeba Chat Icon\" style=\"width: 42px; height: 42px;\" \/>\r\n    <\/a>\r\n    Share secrets securely\r\n  <\/h2>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 14px; color: #d1d5db;\">\r\n    Ameeba is private infrastructure for communication and sensitive work built on encrypted identity instead of exposed corporate identity systems.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 18px; color: #a1a1aa;\">\r\n    Passwords, credentials, confidential files, screenshots, internal discussions, sensitive AI context, and private coordination should not become exposed across ordinary communication platforms.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <ul style=\"list-style: none; padding-left: 0; margin-bottom: 24px; color: #e4e4e7;\">\r\n    <li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">\u2022 Encrypted identity<\/li>\r\n    <li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">\u2022 Private Spaces for organizations and teams<\/li>\r\n    <li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">\u2022 End-to-end encrypted chat, calls, files, and notes<\/li>\r\n    <li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">\u2022 Sensitive AI work and protected collaboration<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Built for information that cannot leak<\/li>\r\n  <\/ul>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"font-style: italic; font-weight: 600; margin-bottom: 24px; color: #ffffff;\">\r\n    Our mission is to secure human work alongside AI.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <div style=\"display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 12px;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\/download\" style=\"background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 8px; font-weight: 500;\">\r\n      Download Ameeba\r\n    <\/a>\r\n\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"border: 1px solid #ffffff; color: #ffffff; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 8px; font-weight: 500;\">\r\n      Learn More\r\n    <\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>Product | Affected Versions<\/p>\n<p>Inline Image <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-2891-arbitrary-file-upload-vulnerability-in-real-estate-7-wordpress-theme\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"29897\">Upload for BBPress WordPress<\/a> Plugin | Up to and including 1.1.19<\/p>\n<p><strong>How the Exploit Works<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Inline Image Upload for BBPress <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-2941-arbitrary-file-moving-vulnerability-in-woocommerce-plugin-for-wordpress\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"28957\">plugin is missing file<\/a> type validation in its file uploading functionality. This means that an attacker with at least subscriber-level access can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-2780-critical-arbitrary-file-upload-vulnerability-in-woffice-core-plugin-for-wordpress\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"27340\">upload arbitrary files<\/a> to the server hosting the website. If an attacker uploads a malicious file that can be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2023-22527-critical-remote-code-execution-vulnerability-in-atlassian-confluence-server-and-data-center\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"26378\">executed on the server<\/a> (like a PHP shell script), they can potentially execute arbitrary commands on the server, leading to complete system compromise.<br \/>\nFurthermore, this vulnerability can be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/unmasking-tcesb-malware-a-deep-analysis-of-active-attacks-exploiting-eset-security-scanner\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"26583\">exploited even by unauthenticated attackers<\/a> when the &#8220;Allow guest users without accounts to create topics and replies&#8221; setting is enabled. This significantly broadens the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2023-48263-unauthenticated-remote-attack-leading-to-dos-and-potential-rce\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"34387\">potential attack<\/a> surface.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conceptual Example Code<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-1792713054\" class=\"ameeb-content ameeb-entity-placement\"><div class=\"poptin-embedded\" data-id=\"f6b387694f681\"><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/div>\n<p>Here is a conceptual example of how an HTTP POST request <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/fortinet-s-fortigate-vulnerability-ssl-vpn-symlink-exploit-puts-user-access-at-risk-post-patching\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"30428\">exploiting this vulnerability<\/a> might look:<\/p>\n<pre><code class=\"\" data-line=\"\">POST \/wp-content\/plugins\/bbpress-upload\/upload.php HTTP\/1.1\nHost: target.example.com\nContent-Type: multipart\/form-data; boundary=----WebKitFormBoundary7MA4YWxkTrZu0gW\n------WebKitFormBoundary7MA4YWxkTrZu0gW\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=&quot;file&quot;; filename=&quot;shell.php&quot;\nContent-Type: application\/x-php\n&lt;?php system($_GET[&#039;cmd&#039;]); ?&gt;\n------WebKitFormBoundary7MA4YWxkTrZu0gW--<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>In this example, the attacker is attempting to upload a malicious PHP file (`shell.php`) that, when accessed, will <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/nsa-and-cyber-command-executives-withdraw-from-premier-cybersecurity-conference-unpacking-the-implications\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"29253\">execute any command<\/a> passed to it via the &#8216;cmd&#8217; URL parameter.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mitigation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Users are advised to update the Inline Image <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2024-13418-critical-arbitrary-file-upload-vulnerability-in-multiple-wordpress-plugins-and-themes\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"42924\">Upload for BBPress plugin<\/a> to the latest version. If an update is not immediately possible, consider disabling the plugin or use a Web Application Firewall (WAF) or Intrusion Detection System (IDS) as a temporary mitigation measure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview The CVE-2025-2006 vulnerability, disclosed recently, poses a serious threat to websites running the Inline Image Upload for BBPress plugin for WordPress. This vulnerability, due to missing file type validation, allows attackers to upload arbitrary files, potentially leading to remote code execution. This vulnerability is significant as it affects all versions of the plugin up [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"vendor":[],"product":[],"attack_vector":[80],"asset_type":[],"severity":[],"exploit_status":[],"class_list":["post-22686","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","attack_vector-rce"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22686","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22686"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22686\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38233,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22686\/revisions\/38233"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22686"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22686"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22686"},{"taxonomy":"vendor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vendor?post=22686"},{"taxonomy":"product","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product?post=22686"},{"taxonomy":"attack_vector","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/attack_vector?post=22686"},{"taxonomy":"asset_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/asset_type?post=22686"},{"taxonomy":"severity","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/severity?post=22686"},{"taxonomy":"exploit_status","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exploit_status?post=22686"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}