CVE-2025-47546: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

A Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability was discovered in AresIT WP Compress WordPress plugin affecting versions through 6.30.30. The vulnerability was discovered on April 1, 2025, by researchers Snurkeburk and SashaRyba, and was publicly disclosed on May 7, 2025 (Patchstack, NVD).

The vulnerability has been assigned CVE-2025-47546 and received varying CVSS v3.1 Base Scores: NIST NVD rated it 8.8 HIGH (vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H) while Patchstack assigned a score of 7.1 HIGH (vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L). The vulnerability is classified under CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery) (Wiz).

The vulnerability could allow a malicious actor to force higher privileged users to execute unwanted actions under their current authentication. The attack requires user interaction but does not require authentication, making it potentially dangerous for WordPress administrators (Patchstack).

The vulnerability has been fixed in version 6.30.31 of the WP Compress plugin. Users are advised to update to this version or later to remove the vulnerability. Patchstack users can enable auto-update for vulnerable plugins (Patchstack).