Vulnerability · Published Sep 17, 2025 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2025-9216StoreEngine – Powerful WordPress eCommerce Plugin for Payments, Memberships, Affiliates, Sales & More <= 1.5.0 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary File Upload
High 8.8
In plain English
A high-severity unrestricted file upload in StoreEngine — Complete eCommerce Solution with Memberships, Licensing, Affiliates & More from kodezen. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.9% (higher than 61% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: public proof-of-concept code.
Official description
The StoreEngine – Powerful WordPress eCommerce Plugin for Payments, Memberships, Affiliates, Sales & More plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads due to missing file type validation in the import() function in all versions up to, and including, 1.5.0. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to upload arbitrary files on the affected site's server which may make remote code execution possible.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| kodezen | StoreEngine — Complete eCommerce Solution with Memberships, Licensing, Affiliates & More | 0 – through 1.5.0 |
Weakness: CWE-434 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/7f8cc393-4d6f-4d15-ad95-d4a89dfe433c?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/storeengine/trunk/addons/csv/ajax/import.php#L52
- https://github.com/d0n601/CVE-2025-9216
- https://ryankozak.com/posts/cve-2025-9216/
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3360097/storeengine/trunk/addons/csv/ajax/import.php