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Pixabay Images plugin for WordPress allows unauthorized file uploads

CVE-2025-4413 · published 1 year ago
Summary

The Pixabay Images plugin for WordPress has a security flaw that allows attackers to upload any type of file to your website. If exploited, this could lead to malicious code being executed on your site. To stay safe, update the plugin to a version newer than 3.4 or remove it if you don't use it.

Original advisory text
The Pixabay Images plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads due to missing file type validation in the pixabay_upload function in all versions up to, and including, 3.4. This ma...
The Pixabay Images plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads due to missing file type validation in the pixabay_upload function in all versions up to, and including, 3.4. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Author-level access and above, to upload arbitrary files on the affected site's server which may make remote code execution possible.
References
Fix within
Internet-facing 14 days
Internal At next upgrade
  • Not known to be exploited
  • Needs hands-on effort to exploit
  • Gives an attacker full control
Severity
8.8 High
Exploitation
<1% chance of attack within 30 days
Type
CWE-434Unrestricted File Upload
Timeline
Published18 Jun 2025
Updated4 Nov 2026
First seen7 Mar 2026
Sources
CVE-2025-4413 · NVD
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