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CVE-2025-26872

📛 CVE Title

WordPress Eximius theme <= 2.2 - Arbitrary File Upload vulnerability

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Description

Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type vulnerability in dkszone Eximius allows Using Malicious Files.This issue affects Eximius: from n/a through 2.2.

Overview

State
PUBLISHED
Assigner (CNA)
Patchstack
CVSS severity
CRITICAL
CVSS score
CVSS 9.9 / 10 9.9 9.9 / 10
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Effective score
9.9 / 10 CRITICAL source: CNA overview
CWE(s)
CWE-434
Reserved
2025-02-17
Published
2025-05-19 20:04 UTC
Last updated
2026-04-28 18:11 UTC
Source
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/main/cves/2025/26xxx/CVE-2025-26872.json
Linked Threat
CVE-2025-26872 — Eximius <= 2.2 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary File Upload

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NVD published
2025-05-19 18:15:28 UTC
NVD last modified
2026-06-17 09:02:31 UTC
NVD CVSS v3.1
CVSS 9.9 / 10 9.9 9.9 / 10 CRITICAL source: audit@patchstack.com
NVD CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Exploitability subscore
3.1 / 10
Impact subscore
6.0 / 10
EPSS score
0.0047 (probability of exploitation in next 30 days)
EPSS percentile
38.27% vs all CVEs — higher = more likely to be exploited, as of 2026-08-12

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European Union Vulnerability Database ENISA EUVD

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EUVD ID
EUVD-2025-15753
Assigner
Patchstack
Published
May 19, 2025, 6:04:14 PM
Updated
Apr 28, 2026, 4:11:41 PM
EUVD base score (CVSS 3.1)
9.9 / 10
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
EUVD-reported EPSS
0.3300
Vendors
dkszone
Products
Eximius (0 ≤2.2)
Eximius (n/a ≤2.2)
Aliases
GHSA-hwpp-r7c7-mx9g

ENISA description: Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type vulnerability in dkszone Eximius allows Using Malicious Files.This issue affects Eximius: from n/a through 2.2.

EUVD references (1)

Affected products (1)
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
dkszone Eximius n/a (affected) —

Vendor references (1)

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Web references (0)

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NVD-tagged references (1)

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Indicators (2)

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TypeValueVirusTotalAttached
domain files.this no local data 2026-05-18 21:19 UTC
cve CVE-2025-26872 no local data 2026-06-06 13:47 UTC

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    Remediations (13)

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    Raw JSON

    The full cvelistV5 record. Download as CVE-2025-26872.json.

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