CVE-2025-5394

9.8

CVSS
Critical

PUBLISHED

Alone – Charity Multipurpose Non-profit WordPress Theme <= 7.8.3 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Upload via Plugin Installation

Exploited in the wild Remote Low complexity No user interaction

Vendor: Bearsthemes
Product: Alone – Charity Multipurpose Non-profit WordPress Theme
Published: Jul 15, 2025
EPSS: —

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Description

The Alone – Charity Multipurpose Non-profit WordPress Theme theme for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads due to a missing capability check on the alone_import_pack_install_plugin() function in all versions up to, and including, 7.8.3. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to upload zip files containing webshells disguised as plugins from remote locations to achieve remote code execution.

nuclei_scanner

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-862

Missing Authorization

CVSS scores

CVSS v3.1 9.8 Critical

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitation status

Exploited in the wild

Recorded 2025-07-31 08:05:53 UTC · The Shadowserver (via CIRCL)

References

Known exploited vulnerability sources

Catalogues that list this CVE as a known exploited vulnerability.

Source	Added
The Shadowserver (via CIRCL) First	2025-07-31 08:05 UTC

Scanner integrations

Scanner	Reference	Detected
Nuclei	https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2025/CVE-2025-5394.yaml	Jun 01, 2026

Vulnerability detail