CVE-2025-15546
Iptanus File Upload < 5.1.7 - File Overwrite via Race Condition
The Iptanus File Upload WordPress plugin before 5.1.7 does not implement proper file handling when the duplicatepolicy setting is configured to "maintain both." Due to a Time-of-Check to Time-of-Use (TOCTOU) race condition between the file existence check and the actual file write operation, an authenticated attacker can overwrite files uploaded by other users.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- Low
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Iptanus File Upload < 5.1.7 - File Overwrite via Race Condition
The Iptanus File Upload WordPress plugin before 5.1.7 does not implement proper file handling when the duplicatepolicy setting is configured to "maintain both." Due to a Time-of-Check to Time-of-Use (TOCTOU) race condition between the file existence check and the actual file write operation, an authenticated attacker can overwrite files uploaded by other users.
- Record
CVE-2025-15546- CVSS 3.1
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-362
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2025-210137
The Iptanus File Upload WordPress plugin before 5.1.7 does not implement proper file handling when the duplicatepolicy setting is configured to "maintain both." Due to a Time-of-Check to Time-of-Use (TOCTOU) race condition between the file existence check and the actual file write operation, an authenticated attacker can overwrite files uploaded by other users.
- Record
EUVD-2025-210137- CVSS 3.1
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-xwgf-8969-9fm2
The Iptanus File Upload WordPress plugin before 5.1.7 does not implement proper file handling...
The Iptanus File Upload WordPress plugin before 5.1.7 does not implement proper file handling when the duplicatepolicy setting is configured to "maintain both." Due to a Time-of-Check to Time-of-Use (TOCTOU) race condition between the file existence check and the actual file write operation, an authenticated attacker can overwrite files uploaded by other users.
- Record
GHSA-xwgf-8969-9fm2- CVSS 3.1
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-362
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
The Iptanus File Upload WordPress plugin before 5.1.7 does not implement proper file handling when the duplicatepolicy setting is configured to "maintain both." Due to a Time-of-Check to Time-of-Use (TOCTOU) race condition between the file existence check and the actual file write operation, an authenticated attacker can overwrite files uploaded by other users.
- Record
CVE-2025-15546- CVSS 3.1
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-362
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2025-15546 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.4) in Nickboss Iptanus File Upload, published June 14, 2026. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.16%, the 5th percentile. No source names a fixed version.