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Vulnerability · CVE-2025-12138

The URL Image Importer plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads due to insufficient file type validation in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.6.

Published Nov 21, 2025 · catalog updated Nov 21, 2025 · URL Image Importer

Last checked Nov 1, 2026. A connected source was read within the last 7 days.

Check if you run it

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-12138. EPSS is 0.74%. Act only if a listed version of URL Image Importer is installed.

Gaps on this record

  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
Severity
High8.8
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
0.74%
Remediation
Vendor / distro source
Affected products
vendor bww URL Image Importer 1.0 ≤1.0.6

The URL Image Importer plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads due to insufficient file type validation in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.6. This is due to the plugin relying on a user-controlled Content-Type HTTP header to validate file uploads in the 'uimptr_import_image_from_url()' function which writes the file to the server before performing proper validation. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Author-level access and above, to upload arbitrary files on the affected site's server which may make remote code execution possible via the uploa

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  • vendor bww URL Image Importer 1.0 ≤1.0.61.0 ≤1.0.6

How to fix CVE-2025-12138

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-12138. EPSS is 0.74%. Act only if a listed version of URL Image Importer is installed.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with bww URL Image Importer 1.0 ≤1.0.6 1.0 ≤1.0.6. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 0.74%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Technology hubs

WordPress security

Code

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Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Nov 21, 2025 · EUVD

    Detected

    The URL Image Importer plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads due to insufficient file type validation in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.6. This is due to the plugin relying on a user-controlled Content-Type HTTP header to validate file uploads in the 'uimptr_import_image_from_url()' function which writes the file to the server before performing proper validation. Thi

  2. Nov 21, 2025 · EUVD

    Updated

    The URL Image Importer plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads due to insufficient file type validation in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.6. This is due to the plugin relying on a user-controlled Content-Type HTTP header to validate file uploads in the 'uimptr_import_image_from_url()' function which writes the file to the server before performing proper validation. Thi

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-12138

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-12138

    30-day exploitation probability 0.74%

    first.org
  • EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-198403

    The URL Image Importer plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads due to insufficient file type validation in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.6. This is due to the plugin relying on a user-controlled Content-Type HTTP header to validate file uploads in th

    euvd.enisa.europa.eu

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Nov 1, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.

  • FIRST EPSSNov 1, 2026
  • CVE.orgOct 28, 2026
  • EUVDOct 28, 2026