{"id":34224,"date":"2025-05-02T16:45:15","date_gmt":"2025-05-02T16:45:15","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-10-02T04:08:45","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T10:08:45","slug":"cve-2025-3914-potential-arbitrary-file-uploads-and-system-compromise-in-aeropage-sync-for-airtable-wordpress-plugin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-3914-potential-arbitrary-file-uploads-and-system-compromise-in-aeropage-sync-for-airtable-wordpress-plugin\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>CVE-2025-3914: Potential Arbitrary File Uploads and System Compromise in Aeropage Sync for Airtable WordPress Plugin<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This blog post presents an overview of a critical vulnerability identified with the CVE identifier CVE-2025-3914. This vulnerability is found within the Aeropage Sync for Airtable plugin for WordPress, specifically within the &#8216;aeropage_media_downloader&#8217; function of the plugin. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2023-7224-openvpn-connect-vulnerability-in-macos-versions-3-0-to-3-4-6\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"41211\">vulnerability affects all versions<\/a> up to, and including, version 3.2.0 of the plugin. It is a severe issue as it allows for the possibility of arbitrary file uploads by authenticated attackers, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-32849-vulnerability-in-telecontrol-server-basic-leads-to-potential-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"39100\">potentially leading to remote code execution and system<\/a> compromise. Understanding this vulnerability, its potential impact, and mitigation strategies are crucial for any organization using the affected plugin to ensure the overall <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-32953-security-vulnerability-in-z80pack-emulator-leading-to-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"40428\">security of their WordPress-based systems<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vulnerability Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CVE ID: CVE-2025-3914<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-2025-22636-cross-site-scripting-vulnerability-in-vr-frases-leads-to-potential-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"40164\">Potential system<\/a> compromise or data leakage<\/p>\n<p><strong>Affected Products<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-2659836664\" 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>Aeropage Sync for Airtable | Up to and including 3.2.0<\/p>\n<p><strong>How the Exploit Works<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The vulnerability lies within the &#8216;aeropage_media_downloader&#8217; function of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-3101-privilege-escalation-vulnerability-in-configurator-theme-core-plugin-for-wordpress\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"40304\">Aeropage Sync for Airtable<\/a> plugin. This function, as it currently stands, lacks file type validation, meaning it does not confirm whether the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2023-43958-arbitrary-file-upload-vulnerability-in-hospital-management-system-v4-0\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"39665\">uploaded file<\/a> is of a safe and permitted type before processing it. An attacker, with subscriber-level access or above, could <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-32834-exploiting-telecontrol-server-basic-via-sql-injection\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"38838\">exploit this by uploading a malicious file to the server<\/a>. The server, treating the file as valid, could then execute the file&#8217;s code, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-32857-sql-injection-vulnerability-in-telecontrol-server-basic-leading-to-potential-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"39736\">potentially leading to system<\/a> compromise.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conceptual Example Code<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-3934643347\" 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&#8217;s a conceptual example of how an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-3200-unauthenticated-remote-attacker-exploiting-insecure-tls-protocols\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"40802\">attacker might exploit<\/a> the vulnerability. This example is shown as an HTTP POST request where the attacker <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-3616-arbitrary-file-upload-vulnerability-in-greenshift-wordpress-plugin\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"39898\">uploads a malicious file:<\/a><\/p>\n<pre><code class=\"\" data-line=\"\">POST \/wp-content\/plugins\/aeropage-sync\/upload HTTP\/1.1\nHost: target.example.com\nContent-Type: application\/octet-stream\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=&quot;file&quot;; filename=&quot;exploit.php&quot;\n&lt;?php\nsystem($_GET[&#039;cmd&#039;]);\n?&gt;<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>In this conceptual example, &#8216;exploit.php&#8217; is a malicious file that, when run, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-28039-pre-auth-remote-command-execution-vulnerability-in-totolink-ex1200t\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"39539\">executes system commands<\/a> passed through the &#8216;cmd&#8217; GET parameter. This could give the attacker the ability to run <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2024-21821-arbitrary-os-command-execution-vulnerability-in-multiple-tp-link-products\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"41113\">arbitrary commands<\/a> on the server.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mitigation Guidance<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Those <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-36901-critical-wlan-vulnerability-in-android-affecting-google-pixel-devices\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"87445\">affected by this vulnerability<\/a> are advised to apply the vendor patch immediately as the primary mitigation strategy. In cases where immediate patching is not possible, using a Web Application Firewall (WAF) or Intrusion Detection System (IDS) can act as temporary mitigation. These security measures can be configured to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2023-38657-out-of-bounds-write-vulnerability-in-gtkwave-lxt2-zlib-block-decompression\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"43192\">block or alert on attempts to exploit this vulnerability<\/a>. However, they do not substitute for the long-term solution of patching the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-2105-php-object-injection-vulnerability-in-jupiter-x-core-plugin-for-wordpress\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"40715\">vulnerable plugin<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview This blog post presents an overview of a critical vulnerability identified with the CVE identifier CVE-2025-3914. This vulnerability is found within the Aeropage Sync for Airtable plugin for WordPress, specifically within the &#8216;aeropage_media_downloader&#8217; function of the plugin. The vulnerability affects all versions up to, and including, version 3.2.0 of the plugin. It is a [&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-34224","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\/34224","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=34224"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34224\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":80278,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34224\/revisions\/80278"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34224"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34224"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34224"},{"taxonomy":"vendor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vendor?post=34224"},{"taxonomy":"product","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product?post=34224"},{"taxonomy":"attack_vector","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/attack_vector?post=34224"},{"taxonomy":"asset_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/asset_type?post=34224"},{"taxonomy":"severity","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/severity?post=34224"},{"taxonomy":"exploit_status","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exploit_status?post=34224"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}