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CVE-2025-8723

CRITICAL

9.8

Description

The Cloudflare Image Resizing plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Remote Code Execution due to missing authentication and insufficient sanitization within its hook_rest_pre_dispatch() method in all versions up to, and including, 1.5.6. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary PHP into the codebase, achieving remote code execution.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score9.8

SeverityCRITICAL

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

Attack VectorNETWORK

ComplexityLOW

Privileges RequiredNONE

User InteractionNONE

Published8/19/2025

Last Modified8/19/2025

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-94

References

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3337593/(security@wordfence.com)

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3341917/(security@wordfence.com)

https://wordpress.org/plugins/cf-image-resizing/#developers(security@wordfence.com)

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/0f3b3c1a-1d45-4e2f-854a-171fe759257b?source=cve(security@wordfence.com)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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