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CVE-2025-5395: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

The WordPress Automatic Plugin for WordPress contains a critical vulnerability (CVE-2025-5395) discovered and reported by Wordfence on June 11, 2025. The vulnerability affects all versions up to and including 3.115.0, stemming from insufficient file type validation in the 'core.php' file (NVD, Wiz).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified as CWE-434 (Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type) and has received a CVSS v3.1 Base Score of 8.8 (HIGH) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H. The technical assessment indicates that the vulnerability stems from inadequate file type validation in the core.php file (Wordfence Intel).

Impact

The vulnerability allows authenticated attackers with Author-level access or higher to upload arbitrary files to the affected site's server. This capability could potentially lead to remote code execution, presenting a significant security risk to affected WordPress installations (NVD, Wiz).

Mitigation and workarounds

Website administrators running the WordPress Automatic Plugin should immediately update their installations to versions newer than 3.115.0 when available. In the meantime, it is recommended to restrict Author and Editor role assignments to trusted users only (Wiz).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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