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Vulnerability · CVE-2025-12181

The ContentStudio plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads due to missing file type validation in the cstu_update_post() function in all versions up to, and inc

Published Dec 5, 2025 · catalog updated Oct 18, 2026 · ContentStudio

Last checked Oct 27, 2026. A connected source was read within the last 7 days.

Check if you run it

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-12181. EPSS is 0.61%. Act only if a listed version of ContentStudio is installed.

Gaps on this record

  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.

Same product and reporting

Severity
High8.8
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
0.61%
Remediation
Version ranges on file
Affected products
stated named in the record · vendor contentstudio ContentStudio 0 ≤1.3.7

The ContentStudio plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads due to missing file type validation in the cstu_update_post() function in all versions up to, and including, 1.3.7. 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. CVE-2025-67910 is likely a duplicate of this.

Are you affected?

Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.

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  • stated named in the record<= 1.3.7
  • vendor contentstudio ContentStudio 0 ≤1.3.70 ≤1.3.7

How to fix CVE-2025-12181

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-2025-12181. EPSS is 0.61%. Act only if a listed version of ContentStudio is installed.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with named in the record <= 1.3.7; contentstudio ContentStudio 0 ≤1.3.7 0 ≤1.3.7. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

CWE-434: Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type. EPSS 0.61%. 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. Dec 5, 2025 · NIST NVD

    Detected

    The ContentStudio plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads due to missing file type validation in the cstu_update_post() function in all versions up to, and including, 1.3.7. 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. CVE-2025-67910

  2. Oct 18, 2026 · NIST NVD

    Updated

    The ContentStudio plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads due to missing file type validation in the cstu_update_post() function in all versions up to, and including, 1.3.7. 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. CVE-2025-67910

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-12181

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-12181

    30-day exploitation probability 0.61%

    first.org
  • EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-201376

    The ContentStudio plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads due to missing file type validation in the cstu_update_post() function in all versions up to, and including, 1.3.7. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Author-level access and abov

    euvd.enisa.europa.eu
  • NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2025-12181

    The ContentStudio plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads due to missing file type validation in the cstu_update_post() function in all versions up to, and including, 1.3.7. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Author-level access and abov

    nvd.nist.gov

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 27, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.

  • EUVDOct 26, 2026
  • FIRST EPSSOct 24, 2026
  • NIST NVDOct 18, 2026
  • CVE.orgOct 18, 2026