Description
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)
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | Compress & Upload | < 1.0.5 | 1.0.5 |
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
GitHub 1 repository
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siberkampus/CVE-2025-8889 ★ 0 · Aug 20, 2025
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/5d84a577-62aa-4aa2-ac39-b146eae65243/ exploit vdb-entry technical-description