What is CVE-2025-14938?

CVE-2025-14938 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Purethemes Listeo-Core - Directory Plugin By, classified under Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2026-04-04.

How severe is CVE-2025-14938?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Arbitrary file upload in Purethemes Listeo-Core - Directory Plugin By

CVE-2025-14938

The Listeo Core plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthenticated arbitrary media upload in all versions up to, and including, 2.0.27 via the "listeo_core_handle_dropped_media" function. This is due to missing authorization and capability checks on the AJAX endpoint handling file uploads. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to upload arbitrary media to the site's media library, without achieving direct code execution.

Vulnerability class: Unrestricted File Upload

EPSS: 0.003 (22.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Purethemes Listeo-core - Directory Plugin By — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-434 — Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-14938?: CVE-2025-14938 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Purethemes Listeo-Core - Directory Plugin By, classified under Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2026-04-04.
How severe is CVE-2025-14938?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.