What is CVE-2025-23942?

CVE-2025-23942 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Ngocuct0912 Wp Load Gallery, classified under Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type. CVSS score: 9.1/10. Published 2025-01-22.

How severe is CVE-2025-23942?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.1 out of 10.

Is CVE-2025-23942 known to be exploited?

4 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Arbitrary file upload in Ngocuct0912 Wp Load Gallery

CVE-2025-23942

Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type vulnerability in ngocuct0912 WP Load Gallery wp-load-gallery allows Upload a Web Shell to a Web Server.This issue affects WP Load Gallery: from n/a through <= 2.1.6.

Vulnerability class: Unrestricted File Upload

EPSS: 0.515 (98.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.1 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Ngocuct0912 Wp Load Gallery — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-434 — Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/wp-load-gallery/vulnerability/wordpres… (vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-23942?: CVE-2025-23942 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Ngocuct0912 Wp Load Gallery, classified under Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type. CVSS score: 9.1/10. Published 2025-01-22.
How severe is CVE-2025-23942?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2025-23942 known to be exploited?: 4 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.