{"id":58925,"date":"2025-07-10T14:26:54","date_gmt":"2025-07-10T14:26:54","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-09-04T06:12:28","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T12:12:28","slug":"cve-2025-49414-unrestricted-upload-of-file-with-dangerous-type-vulnerability-in-fw-gallery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-49414-unrestricted-upload-of-file-with-dangerous-type-vulnerability-in-fw-gallery\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>CVE-2025-49414: Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type Vulnerability in FW Gallery<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Every so often, a vulnerability is discovered that has the potential to compromise system security or lead to data leakage on a large scale. One such vulnerability, known as CVE-2025-49414, has been identified in FW Gallery, a widely used platform developed by Fastw3b LLC. Given the high <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-53314-high-severity-cross-site-request-forgery-csrf-vulnerability-in-sh1zen-wp-optimizer\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"65578\">severity of this vulnerability<\/a> and the potential for exploitation by malicious actors, it is critical that users of FW Gallery are aware of the issue and take immediate steps to mitigate the risk.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vulnerability Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CVE ID: CVE-2025-49414<br \/>\nSeverity: Critical (CVSS: 10.0)<br \/>\nAttack Vector: Network<br \/>\nPrivileges Required: None<br \/>\nUser Interaction: Required<br \/>\nImpact: Unrestricted upload of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-6755-wordpress-plugin-vulnerability-leads-to-arbitrary-file-deletion\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"65617\">file with dangerous type could lead<\/a> to potential system compromise or data leakage.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Affected Products<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-1024596416\" 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>FW Gallery | Versions through 8.0.0<\/p>\n<p><strong>How the Exploit Works<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-24769-php-remote-file-inclusion-vulnerability-in-bzotheme-zenny\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"65797\">vulnerability allows an attacker to upload a malicious file<\/a> of any type without restriction. The uploaded file could contain a script or executable that, when run, has the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-52817-authorization-bypass-in-zealousweb-abandoned-contact-form-7-leads-to-potential-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"65746\">potential to compromise the system<\/a> or expose sensitive data. This is possible due to insufficient checks and validations on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-7340-critical-arbitrary-file-upload-vulnerability-in-ht-contact-form-widget-for-wordpress\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"66382\">file upload<\/a> process in FW Gallery.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conceptual Example Code<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-1109396287\" 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>A conceptual example of how this vulnerability might be exploited could involve a malicious actor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-52207-critical-php-script-upload-vulnerability-in-mikopbx\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"65485\">uploading<\/a> a PHP file containing a shell command. A simplified example of such an HTTP POST request might look like this:<\/p>\n<pre><code class=\"\" data-line=\"\">POST \/upload\/endpoint 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;malicious.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 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-6058-critical-arbitrary-file-upload-vulnerability-in-wpbookit-wordpress-plugin\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"66496\">uploaded `malicious.php` file<\/a> contains a command that causes the server to execute any command passed in the &#8216;cmd&#8217; URL parameter. If the server processes this file, the attacker could run <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-54416-arbitrary-command-execution-vulnerability-in-tj-actions-branch-names-github-action\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"70997\">arbitrary commands<\/a> on the server, leading to a severe compromise.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Prevention and Mitigation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Users of FW Gallery are advised to apply the vendor-supplied patch to mitigate this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-31422-deserialization-of-untrusted-data-vulnerability-in-visual-art-gallery-wordpress-theme\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"70996\">vulnerability<\/a>. In the absence of a patch, or until one can be applied, a Web Application Firewall (WAF) or Intrusion Detection System (IDS) could be used to help prevent exploitation. Regular monitoring and audits of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-23311-stack-overflow-vulnerability-in-nvidia-triton-inference-server-leading-to-potential-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"78811\">server logs can also help identify any potential<\/a> malicious activity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview Every so often, a vulnerability is discovered that has the potential to compromise system security or lead to data leakage on a large scale. One such vulnerability, known as CVE-2025-49414, has been identified in FW Gallery, a widely used platform developed by Fastw3b LLC. Given the high severity of this vulnerability and the potential [&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":[],"asset_type":[],"severity":[],"exploit_status":[],"class_list":["post-58925","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58925","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=58925"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58925\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":71201,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58925\/revisions\/71201"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58925"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58925"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58925"},{"taxonomy":"vendor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vendor?post=58925"},{"taxonomy":"product","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product?post=58925"},{"taxonomy":"attack_vector","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/attack_vector?post=58925"},{"taxonomy":"asset_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/asset_type?post=58925"},{"taxonomy":"severity","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/severity?post=58925"},{"taxonomy":"exploit_status","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exploit_status?post=58925"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}