CVE-2025-2512: File Away <= 3.9.9.0.1 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated File Upload via upload Function

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2025-03-19 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-434

Description

The File Away plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads due to a missing capability check and missing file type validation in the upload() function in all versions up to, and including, 3.9.9.0.1. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to upload arbitrary files on the affected site's server which may make remote code execution possible.

Affected products

thomstark File Away: through 3.9.9.0.1

References

https://github.com/whattheslime/file-away-exploit?tab=readme-ov-file
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/file-away/trunk/lib/cls/class.fileaway_management.php#L1094
https://wordpress.org/plugins/file-away/#developers
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/9a93313d-a5d7-4109-93c5-b2da26e7a486?source=cve

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