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Cloudflare Image Resizing <= 1.5.6 - Missing Authentication to Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution via rest_pre_dispatch Hook
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- Cloudflare Image Resizing <= 1.5.6 - Missing Authentication to Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution via rest_pre_dispatch Hook
| CVE | CVE-2025-8723 |
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| CVSS | 9.8 (Critical) |
| Publicly Published | Aug 18, 2025 |
| Last Updated | Aug 19, 2025 |
| Researchers | kr0d |
Description
The Cloudflare Image Resizing plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Remote Code Execution due to missing authentication and insufficient sanitization within its hook_rest_pre_dispatch() method in all versions up to, and including, 1.5.6. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary PHP into the codebase, achieving remote code execution.
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Vulnerability Details
| Software Type | plugin |
| Software Slug | cf-image-resizing (view on wordpress.org) |
| Patched | Yes |
| Remediation | Update to version 1.5.7, or a newer patched version |
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