Is CVE-2025-8889 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2025-8889 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2025-8889?

CVE-2025-8889 has a CVSS v3 base score of 3.8 (LOW).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2025-8889?

CVE-2025-8889 has an EPSS score of 0.27% (18th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2025-8889?

Upgrade compress and upload plugin to 1.0.5 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2025-8889

LOW

3.8

CVSS v3

NVD

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)

CWE-434Unrestricted File Upload

How to fix

Remediation Available

compress and upload pluginNVD

Affected:< 1.0.5Fixed in:1.0.5CVE-2025-8889derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredHigh

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityLow

IntegrityLow

AvailabilityNone

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Exploit Intelligence

0.27%probability of exploitation in 30 days

18thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 18% of all known CVEs.

References

Exploit1

wpscan.com

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-434 (Unrestricted File Upload) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2017-12617	High	8.1	100%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2018-15961	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV	-
CVE-2021-31207	Medium	6.6	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2017-12615	High	8.1	100%	KEV + Ransom	-
CVE-2025-31324	Critical	10.0	99%	KEV + Ransom	-
CVE-2024-50623	Critical	9.8	99%	KEV + Ransom	Fix

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-01-30.