CVE-2025-46490

WordPress Crossword Compiler Puzzles plugin <= 5.2 - Arbitrary File Upload Vulnerability

State: Published
Severity: 9.9 Critical
Published: May 23, 2025
Updated: Apr 28, 2026
Reserved: Apr 24, 2025

Description

Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type vulnerability in wordwebsoftware Crossword Compiler Puzzles crossword-compiler-puzzles allows Upload a Web Shell to a Web Server.This issue affects Crossword Compiler Puzzles: from n/a through <= 5.2.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	9.9 Critical	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H	Patchstack

Weaknesses

CWE-434 Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type

Affected Products

Product	Versions
Crossword Compiler Puzzleswordwebsoftware	5.2 and earlierAffectedfrom 5.3Not affected

References

https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/crossword-compiler-puzzles/vulnerability/wordpress-crossword-compiler-puzzles-5-2-arbitrary-file-upload-vulnerability?_s_id=cvevdb-entry

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