{"id":30230,"date":"2025-04-24T05:02:34","date_gmt":"2025-04-24T05:02:34","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-05-30T13:06:35","modified_gmt":"2025-05-30T19:06:35","slug":"cve-2025-29708-critical-file-upload-vulnerability-in-sourcecodester-company-website-cms-1-0","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-29708-critical-file-upload-vulnerability-in-sourcecodester-company-website-cms-1-0\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>CVE-2025-29708: Critical File Upload Vulnerability in SourceCodester Company Website CMS 1.0<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The cybersecurity landscape is increasingly becoming more complex with newer vulnerabilities being discovered every day. One such critical vulnerability is CVE-2025-29708, which affects the SourceCodester Company Website CMS 1.0. This vulnerability, involving a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2024-13744-arbitrary-file-upload-vulnerability-in-booster-for-woocommerce-wordpress-plugin\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"34575\">file upload<\/a> functionality via the &#8220;Create Services&#8221; file, could lead to a potential system compromise or data leakage. This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2023-5905-unauthorized-data-export-vulnerability-in-demomentsomtres-wordpress-export-posts-with-images-plugin\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"34649\">vulnerability matters because it could provide an attacker unauthorized<\/a> access to sensitive information or even full control over the affected system.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vulnerability Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CVE ID: CVE-2025-29708<br \/>\nSeverity: Critical (9.8 CVSS Score)<br \/>\nAttack Vector: Network<br \/>\nPrivileges Required: Low<br \/>\nUser Interaction: Required<br \/>\nImpact: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-3914-potential-arbitrary-file-uploads-and-system-compromise-in-aeropage-sync-for-airtable-wordpress-plugin\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"40572\">System compromise<\/a> or data leakage<\/p>\n<p><strong>Affected Products<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-3753334868\" 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: 700px;\">\r\n  <h2 style=\"margin-top: 0; font-size: 20px; font-weight: 600; display: flex; align-items: center;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"display: inline-flex; align-items: center; margin-right: 8px;\">\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: 40px; height: 40px;\" \/>\r\n    <\/a>\r\n    A new way to communicate\r\n  <\/h2>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 12px;\">\r\n    Ameeba Chat is built on encrypted identity, not personal profiles.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 16px;\">\r\n    Message, call, share files, and coordinate with identities kept separate.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <ul style=\"list-style: none; padding-left: 0; margin-bottom: 20px;\">\r\n    <li>\u2022 Encrypted identity<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Ameeba Chat authenticates access<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Aliases and categories<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 End-to-end encrypted chat, calls, and files<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Secure notes for sensitive information<\/li>\r\n  <\/ul>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"font-style: italic; font-weight: 600; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\r\n    Private communication, rethought.\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: 6px; font-weight: 500;\">Download Ameeba Chat<\/a>\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"border: 1px solid #ffffff; color: #ffffff; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 6px; font-weight: 500;\">Learn More<\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n<p>Product | Affected Versions<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-29709-high-risk-file-upload-vulnerability-in-sourcecodester-company-website-cms-1-0\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"36844\">SourceCodester Company Website CMS<\/a> | 1.0<\/p>\n<p><strong>How the Exploit Works<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2023-6220-piotnet-forms-plugin-vulnerability-in-wordpress-allows-arbitrary-file-uploads\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"34532\">vulnerability<\/a> exists due to an improper validation of uploaded files in the &#8220;Create Services&#8221; file of the SourceCodester Company Website CMS 1.0. This allows an attacker to exploit the vulnerability by uploading a malicious file, which could potentially lead to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2023-48266-critical-denial-of-service-dos-and-remote-code-execution-rce-vulnerability\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"34506\">remote code execution<\/a>. The attacker could then gain unauthorized access to the system, possibly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-2007-wordpress-plugin-vulnerability-leads-to-arbitrary-file-deletion-and-potential-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"34597\">leading to a system<\/a> compromise or data leakage.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conceptual Example Code<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-2184579932\" 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>The following is a conceptual example of how the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2023-50123-exploitable-vulnerability-in-hozard-alarm-system-sms-authentication\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"34929\">vulnerability might be exploited<\/a> using an HTTP request:<\/p>\n<pre><code class=\"\" data-line=\"\">POST \/dashboard\/Services 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;exploit.php&quot;\nContent-Type: application\/x-php\n&lt;?php\n\/\/ malicious code\n?&gt;\n------WebKitFormBoundary7MA4YWxkTrZu0gW--<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>In this example, the attacker is uploading a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-32668-critical-php-remote-file-inclusion-vulnerability-in-rameez-iqbal-real-estate-manager\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"34977\">file named `exploit.php` that contains malicious PHP<\/a> code. Once uploaded, the file can be accessed by the attacker to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2023-51073-arbitrary-code-execution-vulnerability-in-buffalo-ls210d\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"34509\">execute the malicious code<\/a> on the server, potentially leading to a system compromise or data leakage.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Countermeasures and Mitigation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To mitigate the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-31637-high-risk-sql-injection-vulnerability-in-lambertgroup-shout\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"51885\">risk associated with this vulnerability<\/a>, users are advised to apply the vendor patch as soon as it becomes available. In the meantime, a Web Application Firewall (WAF) or Intrusion Detection System (IDS) can be used as temporary mitigation. These security measures can help detect and block malicious <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-29281-arbitrary-file-upload-vulnerability-in-perfreeblog-4-0-11\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"35517\">file uploads<\/a>, thus preventing the exploitation of this vulnerability.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview The cybersecurity landscape is increasingly becoming more complex with newer vulnerabilities being discovered every day. One such critical vulnerability is CVE-2025-29708, which affects the SourceCodester Company Website CMS 1.0. This vulnerability, involving a file upload functionality via the &#8220;Create Services&#8221; file, could lead to a potential system compromise or data leakage. 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