CVE-2025-39538 – WordPress WP-Advanced-Search <= 3.3.9.3 - Arbitrary File Upload Vulnerability

https://notcve.org/view.php?id=CVE-2025-39538

16 Apr 2025 — Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type vulnerability in Mathieu Chartier WP-Advanced-Search allows Upload a Web Shell to a Web Server. This issue affects WP-Advanced-Search: from n/a through 3.3.9.3. The WordPress WP-Advanced-Search plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads due to missing file type validation in all versions up to, and including, 3.3.9.3. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Administrator-level access and above, to upload arbitrary files on th... • https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/wp-advanced-search/vulnerability/wordpress-wp-advanced-search-3-3-9-3-arbitrary-file-upload-vulnerability?_s_id=cve • CWE-434: Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type •