How severe is CVE-2025-8895?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Path Traversal in Cozmoslabs Wp Webhooks – Automate Repetitive Tasks By Creating Powerful Automation Workflows Directly Within Wordpress

CVE-2025-8895

The WP Webhooks plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file copy due to missing validation of user-supplied input in all versions up to, and including, 3.3.5. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to copy arbitrary files on the affected site's server to arbitrary locations. This can be used to copy the contents of wp-config.php into a text file which can then be accessed in a browser to reveal database credentials.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

EPSS: 0.006 (43.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Cozmoslabs Wp Webhooks – Automate Repetitive Tasks By Creating Powerful Automation Workflows Directly Within Wordpress — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-8895?: CVE-2025-8895 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Cozmoslabs Wp Webhooks – Automate Repetitive Tasks By Creating Powerful Automation Workflows Directly Within Wordpress, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2025-08-21.
How severe is CVE-2025-8895?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.