CVE-2025-31048
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 · uneditedUnrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type vulnerability in Themify Shopo allows Upload a Web Shell to a Web Server.This issue affects Shopo: from n/a through 1.1.4.
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 confidenceThemify Shopo plugin versions up to 1.1.4 contain an unrestricted file upload vulnerability allowing authenticated attackers to upload dangerous file types (e.g., PHP web shells) directly to the web server, enabling remote code execution.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
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
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Changed
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/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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Verify Themify Shopo plugin is installedAccess WordPress admin dashboard and navigate to Plugins > Installed Plugins, or inspect the /wp-content/plugins/ directory for a themify-shopo folderAffected if The plugin folder themify-shopo exists in the WordPress plugins directory
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Check installed plugin versionIn WordPress admin, find the Themify Shopo entry in the plugin list and note the version number displayed, or read the main plugin PHP file header for the Version fieldAffected if The version number is 1.1.4 or lower (the vulnerability affects versions up to and including 1.1.4)
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Confirm file upload functionality is accessibleIdentify if the plugin exposes any file upload endpoints. Check plugin settings for upload features, or review publicly accessible AJAX actions or form handlers that process file uploads. Typical paths include /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php actions or frontend formsAffected if The plugin has an active file upload feature that accepts files without proper validation
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Inspect upload directory permissions and contentsLocate the upload directory used by the plugin (commonly /wp-content/uploads/ or a plugin-specific subdirectory). List all files and check for unexpected file types such as .php, .phtml, .php5, .js, or other executable extensionsAffected if The upload directory contains files with executable extensions, especially PHP files from unknown sources
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Review recent server access logs for upload activityExamine web server access logs (Apache error.log, access.log or Nginx logs) for POST requests to plugin file upload handlers. Look for unusual file types being uploaded to the uploads directoryAffected if Logs show suspicious file uploads with executable extensions to plugin-related endpoints
A user is affected if the Themify Shopo plugin version 1.1.4 or lower is installed AND the file upload feature is accessible and actively processing uploads without proper validation.
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 dataImplement strict allowlist-based file type validation using magic byte inspection, store uploaded files outside the webroot or with restricted execution permissions, and remove executable permissions on the upload directory.
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- Implementation6.0 h
- Testing4.0 h
- Review / QA2.0 h
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2025-31048 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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