CVE-2025-12974

Gravity Forms <= 2.9.21.1 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Upload via Legacy Chunked Upload

HIGH
8.1
CVSS Score
Published: November 18, 2025 at 03:27 AM UTC
Updated: October 19, 2026 at 01:10 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorGravity Forms

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Severity
HIGH8.1
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.7%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

The Gravity Forms plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads due to missing file type validation in the legacy chunked upload mechanism in all versions up to, and including, 2.9.21.1. This is due to the extension blacklist not including .phar files, which can be uploaded through the chunked upload mechanism. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to upload executable .phar files and achieve remote code execution on the server, granted they can discover or enumerate the upload path. In order for an attacker to achieve RCE, the web server needs to be set up to process .phar file as PHP via file handler mapping or similar.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

90%
0 ≤ v ≤ 2.9.21.10

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

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CVSS

8.1HIGHWordfence
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusDEFERRED
CWE
CWE-434

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