{"id":74185,"date":"2025-09-11T17:46:45","date_gmt":"2025-09-11T17:46:45","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-09-27T15:39:19","modified_gmt":"2025-09-27T21:39:19","slug":"cve-2025-58819-unrestricted-file-upload-vulnerability-in-creedally-bulk-featured-image","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-58819-unrestricted-file-upload-vulnerability-in-creedally-bulk-featured-image\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>CVE-2025-58819: Unrestricted File Upload Vulnerability in CreedAlly Bulk Featured Image<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CVE-2025-58819 is a critical vulnerability affecting CreedAlly Bulk Featured Image, a popular image handling tool, used in a wide range of web server applications. The vulnerability allows an attacker to upload unrestricted files of a dangerous type, specifically, a web shell, to a web server. This can potentially lead to a catastrophic system compromise or data leakage, posing serious <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-31715-critical-vowifi-service-vulnerability-risking-remote-privilege-escalation\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"81966\">risks to any organization using vulnerable<\/a> versions of this software.<br \/>\nThe severity of this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2022-45134-critical-vulnerability-in-mahara-leading-to-potential-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"82916\">vulnerability is high due to the potential for full system<\/a> compromise, and it is therefore crucial that affected organizations take immediate action to mitigate the threat. In this article, we will provide a detailed overview of CVE-2025-58819, covering its potential impacts and providing guidance for mitigating the threat.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vulnerability Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CVE ID: CVE-2025-58819<br \/>\nSeverity: Critical (CVSS 9.1)<br \/>\nAttack Vector: Network<br \/>\nPrivileges Required: None<br \/>\nUser Interaction: Required<br \/>\nImpact: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-22404-potential-system-compromise-due-to-use-after-free-vulnerability\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"85631\">System compromise<\/a> or data leakage<\/p>\n<p><strong>Affected Products<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-201503884\" 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-2025-28951-a-critical-unrestricted-file-upload-vulnerability-in-creedally-bulk-featured-image\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"91506\">CreedAlly Bulk Featured<\/a> Image | Up to and including 1.2.2<\/p>\n<p><strong>How the Exploit Works<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The exploit takes advantage of the lack of restrictions in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-53213-unrestricted-upload-of-file-with-dangerous-type-vulnerability-in-woocommerce-multi-carrier-conditional-shipping-plugin\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"81748\">file types that can be uploaded<\/a> using CreedAlly Bulk Featured Image. An attacker, by crafting a malicious <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-31100-unrestricted-file-upload-leads-to-web-shell-deployment-in-mojoomla-school-management\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"84670\">file that includes a web shell<\/a>, can upload it to the server via the application. Once uploaded, the web shell can be used to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-27128-arbitrary-code-execution-vulnerability-in-openharmony-v5-0-3\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"82210\">execute arbitrary<\/a> commands, providing the attacker with full control over the server, and potentially leading to system compromise or data leakage.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conceptual Example Code<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-302004366\" 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 a HTTP request that an attacker could use to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-7441-critical-arbitrary-file-upload-vulnerability-in-storychief-wordpress-plugin\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"82055\">upload a malicious file<\/a> containing a web shell:<\/p>\n<pre><code class=\"\" data-line=\"\">POST \/upload HTTP\/1.1\nHost: target.example.com\nContent-Type: multipart\/form-data; boundary=---1234567890\n---1234567890\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=&quot;file&quot;; filename=&quot;shell.php&quot;\nContent-Type: application\/x-php\n&lt;?php system($_GET[&#039;cmd&#039;]); ?&gt;\n---1234567890--<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>In this example, the attacker is using a POST request to upload a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-52732-php-remote-file-inclusion-vulnerability-in-google-map-targeting-plugin\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"81937\">PHP file<\/a> containing a shell. This shell can then be used to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-54886-arbitrary-code-execution-vulnerability-in-skops-python-library\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"82242\">execute arbitrary<\/a> commands on the server.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mitigation Guidance<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The vendor has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-35115-critical-system-package-download-vulnerability-in-agiloft-release-28\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"85310\">released a patch to address this vulnerability<\/a>. Affected organizations are strongly advised to update CreedAlly Bulk Featured Image to the latest version as soon as possible. In the interim, organizations can use a Web Application Firewall (WAF) or Intrusion Detection System (IDS) to detect and prevent malicious <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-6076-unsanitized-file-upload-vulnerability-in-partner-software-applications\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"82110\">file uploads<\/a> as a temporary mitigation measure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview CVE-2025-58819 is a critical vulnerability affecting CreedAlly Bulk Featured Image, a popular image handling tool, used in a wide range of web server applications. The vulnerability allows an attacker to upload unrestricted files of a dangerous type, specifically, a web shell, to a web server. This can potentially lead to a catastrophic system compromise [&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-74185","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\/74185","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=74185"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74185\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":84645,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74185\/revisions\/84645"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74185"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74185"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74185"},{"taxonomy":"vendor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vendor?post=74185"},{"taxonomy":"product","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product?post=74185"},{"taxonomy":"attack_vector","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/attack_vector?post=74185"},{"taxonomy":"asset_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/asset_type?post=74185"},{"taxonomy":"severity","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/severity?post=74185"},{"taxonomy":"exploit_status","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exploit_status?post=74185"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}