CVE-2025-14478 (GCVE-0-2025-14478)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-01-17 07:27 – Updated: 2026-01-20 19:23
VLAI?
Title
Demo Importer Plus <= 2.0.9 - Authenticated (Author+) Blind XML External Entity Injection via SVG File Upload
Summary
The Demo Importer Plus plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to XML External Entity Injection (XXE) in all versions up to, and including, 2.0.9 via the SVG file upload functionality. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Author-level access and above, to achieve code execution in vulnerable configurations. This only impacts sites on versions of PHP older than 8.0.
Severity ?
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-611 - Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
kraftplugins Demo Importer Plus Affected: * , ≤ 2.0.9 (semver)
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Credits
Lorenzo Franchini
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