Arbitrary File Upload Vulnerability in Pixabay Images Plugin for WordPress
CVE-2025-4413

8.8HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

WordPress
Status
Pixabay Images
Vendor
CVE Published:
18 June 2025

What is CVE-2025-4413?

The Pixabay Images plugin for WordPress has a vulnerability that allows authenticated attackers with Author-level access and above to upload arbitrary files. This arises from insufficient validation of file types in the pixabay_upload function, impacting all versions up to and including 3.4. Such a flaw could potentially lead to remote code execution on the vulnerable site, creating significant security risks.

Affected Version(s)

Pixabay Images * <= 3.4

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/pixabay-images...

CVSS V3.1

Score:
8.8
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Siavash Vaez Afshar
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CVE-2025-4413 : Arbitrary File Upload Vulnerability in Pixabay Images Plugin for WordPress