What is CVE-2025-8889?

CVE-2025-8889 is a low-severity vulnerability in Eliehanna Compress And Upload Plugin, classified under Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type. CVSS score: 3.8/10. Published 2025-09-09.

How severe is CVE-2025-8889?

Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2025-8889 known to be exploited?

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

Arbitrary file upload in Eliehanna Compress And Upload Plugin

CVE-2025-8889

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)

Vulnerability class: Unrestricted File Upload

EPSS: 0.003 (18.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 3.8 (Low). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-434 — Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

contact@wpscan.com (Exploit, technical-description, Third Party Advisory, exploit, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-8889?: CVE-2025-8889 is a low-severity vulnerability in Eliehanna Compress And Upload Plugin, classified under Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type. CVSS score: 3.8/10. Published 2025-09-09.
How severe is CVE-2025-8889?: Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2025-8889 known to be exploited?: 3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.