---
id: CVE-2025-9216
title: >-
  The StoreEngine – Powerful WordPress eCommerce Plugin for Payments,
  Memberships, Affiliates, Sales & More plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to
  arbitrary file uploads due to missing file type validation in the import()
  function in all ve…
summary: >-
  The StoreEngine – Powerful WordPress eCommerce Plugin for Payments,
  Memberships, Affiliates, Sales & More plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to
  arbitrary file uploads due to missing file type validation in the import()
  function in all ve…
severity: high
cvss: 8.8
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'
cwe:
  - CWE-434
published: '2025-09-17'
updated: '2026-09-26'
sourceUpdated: '2026-09-26T00:10:00.127'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-9216'
references:
  - url: 'https://github.com/d0n601/CVE-2025-9216'
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/storeengine/trunk/addons/csv/ajax/import.php#L52
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3360097/storeengine/trunk/addons/csv/ajax/import.php
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: 'https://ryankozak.com/posts/cve-2025-9216/'
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/7f8cc393-4d6f-4d15-ad95-d4a89dfe433c?source=cve
    label: security@wordfence.com
tags:
  - nvd
  - exploit-available
epss: 0.00878
epssPercentile: 0.57325
exploits:
  github: 1
  githubRepos:
    - 'https://github.com/d0n601/CVE-2025-9216'
  checkedAt: '2026-09-26T00:23:14.500Z'
exploitAvailable: true
ingestedAt: '2026-09-26T00:22:39.923Z'
---

## Overview

The StoreEngine – Powerful WordPress eCommerce Plugin for Payments, Memberships, Affiliates, Sales & More plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads due to missing file type validation in the import() function in all versions up to, and including, 1.5.0. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to upload arbitrary files on the affected site's server which may make remote code execution possible.

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.