CVE-2025-10041
Flex QR Code Generator <= 1.2.5 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Upload
The Flex QR Code Generator plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads due to missing file type validation in thesave_qr_code_to_db() function in all versions up to, and including, 1.2.5. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to upload arbitrary files on the affected site's server which may make remote code execution possible.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
9.8
Flex QR Code Generator <= 1.2.5 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Upload
The Flex QR Code Generator plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads due to missing file type validation in thesave_qr_code_to_db() function in all versions up to, and including, 1.2.5. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to upload arbitrary files on the affected site's server which may make remote code execution possible.
- Record
CVE-2025-10041- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-434
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2025-34561
9.8
The Flex QR Code Generator plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads due to missing file type validation in thesave_qr_code_to_db() function in all versions up to, and including, 1.2.5. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to upload arbitrary files on the affected site's server which may make remote code execution possible.
- Record
EUVD-2025-34561- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-vxgc-7hwj-cqr5
9.8
The Flex QR Code Generator plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads due to...
The Flex QR Code Generator plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads due to missing file type validation in thesave_qr_code_to_db() function in all versions up to, and including, 1.2.5. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to upload arbitrary files on the affected site's server which may make remote code execution possible.
- Record
GHSA-vxgc-7hwj-cqr5- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-434
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
9.8
The Flex QR Code Generator plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads due to missing file type validation in thesave_qr_code_to_db() function in all versions up to, and including, 1.2.5. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to upload arbitrary files on the affected site's server which may make remote code execution possible.
- Record
CVE-2025-10041- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-434
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| PoC in GitHub | Kai-One001/WordPress-Flex-QR-Code-Generator---CVE-2025-10041 | 2025-10-17 |
| PoC in GitHub | Nxploited/CVE-2025-10041 | 2025-10-15 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD, PoC in GitHub |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2025-10041 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Ajitdas Flex Qr Code Generator, published October 15, 2025. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.92%, the 60th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/40000879-a5ef-48f2-97e4-77d527259af0?source=cve
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/flex-qr-code-generator/tags/1.2.5/qr-code-generator.php
wordpress.org/plugins/flex-qr-code-generator
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3379026%40flex-qr-code-generator&new=3379026%40flex-qr-code-generator&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-10041
github.com/advisories/GHSA-vxgc-7hwj-cqr5