CVE-2025-8889

Compress Then Upload < 1.0.5 - Admin+ Arbitrary File Upload

Published Sep 9, 2025 CVSS 3.1 · 3.8 Low EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
The Compress & Upload WordPress plugin before 1.0.5 does not properly validate uploaded files, allowing high privilege users such as admin to upload arbitrary files on the server even when they should not be allowed to (for example in multisite setup)

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2025-27223 The Compress & Upload WordPress plugin before 1.0.5 does not properly validate uploaded files, allowing high privilege users such as admin to upload arbitrary files on the server even when they should not be allowed to (for example in multisite setup)
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Eliehanna
Eliehanna compress And Upload Plugin
Weaknesses CWE-434
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:eliehanna:compress_and_upload_plugin:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
Vendors & Products Eliehanna
Eliehanna compress And Upload Plugin
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 3.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Wordpress
Wordpress compress And Upload Plugin
Wordpress wordpress
Vendors & Products Wordpress
Wordpress compress And Upload Plugin
Wordpress wordpress
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description The Compress & Upload WordPress plugin before 1.0.5 does not properly validate uploaded files, allowing high privilege users such as admin to upload arbitrary files on the server even when they should not be allowed to (for example in multisite setup)
Title Compress Then Upload < 1.0.5 - Admin+ Arbitrary File Upload
References
Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
WPScan
Published
Updated
Nov 13, 2025, 8:58 PM
Reserved
Aug 12, 2025, 12:28 PM
Status
Analyzed
Published
Sep 9, 2025, 6:15 AM
Modified
Jul 10, 2026, 3:38 PM