CVE-2025-5395 File upload in WordPress Automatic Plugin
Authenticated attackers with Author-level access can upload arbitrary files, potentially leading to remote code execution on the server.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-5395?
CVE-2025-5395 is a high-severity vulnerability in ValvePress WordPress Automatic Plugin, published on 11 Jun 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The WordPress Automatic Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads due to insufficient file type validation in the 'core.php' file in all versions up to, and including, 3.115.0. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Author-level access and above, to upload arbitrary files on the affected site's server which may make remote code execution possible.
Weakness: CWE-434
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-5395?
How do I fix CVE-2025-5395?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-5395 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2025-5395 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-5395 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-v36v-wjrw-5jxg.