Vulnerabilites related to storychief - StoryChief
CVE-2025-7441 (GCVE-0-2025-7441)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-08-16 03:38
Modified
2025-08-18 13:36
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
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CWE
- CWE-434 - Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type
Summary
The StoryChief plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.42. This vulnerability occurs through the /wp-json/storychief/webhook REST-API endpoint that does not have sufficient filetype validation. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to upload arbitrary files on the affected site's server which may make remote code execution possible.
References
Impacted products
Vendor | Product | Version | ||
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storychief | StoryChief |
Version: * ≤ 1.0.42 |
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