{"id":42086,"date":"2025-05-22T03:03:51","date_gmt":"2025-05-22T03:03:51","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-06-17T05:21:54","modified_gmt":"2025-06-17T11:21:54","slug":"cve-2025-3053-remote-code-execution-vulnerability-in-uipress-lite-wordpress-plugin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-3053-remote-code-execution-vulnerability-in-uipress-lite-wordpress-plugin\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>CVE-2025-3053: Remote Code Execution Vulnerability in UiPress Lite WordPress Plugin<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In the cybersecurity landscape, vulnerabilities within widely-used software platforms can pose significant threats to numerous users and organizations. One such vulnerability, labeled as CVE-2025-3053, has been identified within the UiPress lite | Effortless custom dashboards, admin themes and pages plugin for WordPress. This flaw, which has been given a severity score of 8.8, allows for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2024-21325-microsoft-printer-metadata-troubleshooter-tool-remote-code-execution-vulnerability\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"47707\">Remote Code Execution<\/a> (RCE) due to insufficient capability checks on user inputs in the uip_process_form_input() function. As WordPress is a popular content management system, this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-27891-samsung-mobile-and-wearable-processors-vulnerability-leads-to-potential-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"49334\">vulnerability could potentially<\/a> affect a large number of websites and users.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vulnerability Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CVE ID: CVE-2025-3053<br \/>\nSeverity: High (CVSS Score &#8211; 8.8)<br \/>\nAttack Vector: Remote<br \/>\nPrivileges Required: Low (Subscriber-level access)<br \/>\nUser Interaction: Required<br \/>\nImpact: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-39401-unrestricted-file-upload-leading-to-potential-system-compromise-in-mojoomla-wpams\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"52088\">Potential system compromise<\/a> and data leakage<\/p>\n<p><strong>Affected Products<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-2059278710\" 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>UiPress lite | All versions up to and including 3.5.07<\/p>\n<p><strong>How the Exploit Works<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The vulnerability arises from the uip_process_form_input() function within the UiPress Lite plugin. This function takes user supplied inputs to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2023-48257-remote-code-execution-and-data-exposure-vulnerability\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"47903\">execute arbitrary functions with arbitrary data<\/a>, and does not have any sort of capability check. This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2023-7032-security-flaw-allowing-privilege-escalation-through-untrusted-data-deserialization\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"47709\">flaw allows<\/a> authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to execute arbitrary code on the server. This could <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2023-34333-critical-vulnerability-in-ami-s-spx-leads-to-potential-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"47708\">potentially lead to system<\/a> compromise or data leakage.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conceptual Example Code<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-4200115542\" 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 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-23394-critical-unix-symbolic-link-following-vulnerability-in-opensuse-tumbleweed-cyrus-imapd\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"54439\">following is a conceptual example of how this vulnerability<\/a> might be exploited:<\/p>\n<pre><code class=\"\" data-line=\"\">POST \/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php HTTP\/1.1\nHost: target.example.com\nContent-Type: application\/x-www-form-urlencoded\naction=uip_process_form_input&amp;function_to_execute=malicious_function&amp;function_data=malicious_data<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>In this example, the &#8220;malicious_function&#8221; and &#8220;malicious_data&#8221; would be replaced by the attacker&#8217;s desired function and data, which could lead to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2022-46721-arbitrary-code-execution-vulnerability-in-macos\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"47736\">arbitrary code execution<\/a> on the server.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mitigation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-3054-arbitrary-file-upload-vulnerability-in-wp-user-frontend-pro-plugin-for-wordpress\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"59242\">Users of the UiPress Lite plugin<\/a> are advised to apply the vendor-supplied patch as soon as possible, which addresses this vulnerability. As an interim solution, implementing a Web Application Firewall (WAF) or Intrusion Detection System (IDS) may provide some level of protection against potential exploits. However, these measures are not a substitute for applying the vendor&#8217;s patch, which should be done promptly to ensure security.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview In the cybersecurity landscape, vulnerabilities within widely-used software platforms can pose significant threats to numerous users and organizations. One such vulnerability, labeled as CVE-2025-3053, has been identified within the UiPress lite | Effortless custom dashboards, admin themes and pages plugin for WordPress. This flaw, which has been given a severity score of 8.8, allows [&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-42086","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\/42086","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=42086"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42086\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52939,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42086\/revisions\/52939"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42086"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42086"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42086"},{"taxonomy":"vendor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vendor?post=42086"},{"taxonomy":"product","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product?post=42086"},{"taxonomy":"attack_vector","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/attack_vector?post=42086"},{"taxonomy":"asset_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/asset_type?post=42086"},{"taxonomy":"severity","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/severity?post=42086"},{"taxonomy":"exploit_status","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exploit_status?post=42086"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}