What is CVE-2025-9487?

CVE-2025-9487 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Admin And Site Enhancements (Ase), classified under CWE-79 CROSS-SITE SCRIPTING (XSS). CVSS score: 4.7/10. Published 2025-09-22.

How severe is CVE-2025-9487?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.7 out of 10.

Is CVE-2025-9487 known to be exploited?

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

Vulnerability in Admin And Site Enhancements (Ase)

CVE-2025-9487

The Admin and Site Enhancements (ASE) WordPress plugin before 7.9.8 does not sanitise SVG files when uploaded via xmlrpc.php when such uploads are enabled, which could allow users to upload a malicious SVG containing XSS payloads

EPSS: 0.002 (12.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.7 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L.

Affected products

Unknown Admin And Site Enhancements (Ase) — versions 0

Public proof-of-concept exploits

fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds

References

contact@wpscan.com (technical-description, exploit, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-9487?: CVE-2025-9487 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Admin And Site Enhancements (Ase), classified under CWE-79 CROSS-SITE SCRIPTING (XSS). CVSS score: 4.7/10. Published 2025-09-22.
How severe is CVE-2025-9487?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.7 out of 10.
Is CVE-2025-9487 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.