CVE-2018-25436
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedWordPress Plugin Baggage Freight Shipping Australia 0.1.0 contains an unrestricted file upload vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to upload arbitrary files by exploiting the upload-package.php endpoint. Attackers can submit POST requests with malicious file extensions to the upload handler, which moves files without validation to the plugin upload directory, enabling remote code execution.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceThe WordPress plugin Baggage Freight Shipping Australia 0.1.0 contains an unrestricted file upload vulnerability in the upload-package.php endpoint. Unauthenticated attackers can submit POST requests with malicious file extensions that are moved without validation to the plugin's upload directory, enabling remote code execution.
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CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Locate the Baggage Freight Shipping Australia pluginCheck the WordPress plugins directory (typically wp-content/plugins/) for a folder named 'baggage-freight-shipping-australia' or similar variant containing 'baggage' and 'freight'Affected if The plugin folder exists in the WordPress installation
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Verify the vulnerable file existsLook for upload-package.php inside the plugin directoryAffected if The file upload-package.php exists in the plugin folder
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Confirm the plugin versionCheck the main plugin PHP file for the version header, typically found in the plugin comments at the top of the main file (often named baggage-freight-shipping-australia.php)Affected if The version is 0.1.0 or if the version cannot be determined but the plugin and vulnerable file both exist
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Check upload directory accessibilityInspect the plugin directory for an uploads or similar folder created by the plugin; verify if it is located within the web-accessible /wp-content/ directoryAffected if The plugin creates and stores uploads within a web-accessible directory (wp-content/plugins/baggage-freight-shipping-australia/uploads/ or similar)
The environment is affected if the Baggage Freight Shipping Australia plugin is installed with upload-package.php present, regardless of version, since the vulnerability allows unauthenticated file uploads that could enable remote code execution.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataImmediately disable or remove the vulnerable plugin. If continued use is required, implement proper file type validation, add authentication checks, and store uploads outside the web-accessible directory.
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2018-25436 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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