CVE-2025-23953
WordPress user files plugin <= 2.4.2 - Arbitrary File Upload vulnerability
Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type vulnerability in Scriptonite user files user-files allows Upload a Web Shell to a Web Server.This issue affects user files: from n/a through <= 2.4.2.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
WordPress user files plugin <= 2.4.2 - Arbitrary File Upload vulnerability
Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type vulnerability in Scriptonite user files user-files allows Upload a Web Shell to a Web Server.This issue affects user files: from n/a through <= 2.4.2.
- Record
CVE-2025-23953- CVSS 3.1
- 10.0 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-434
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2025-3565
Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type vulnerability in Scriptonite user files user-files allows Upload a Web Shell to a Web Server.This issue affects user files: from n/a through <= 2.4.2.
- Record
EUVD-2025-3565- CVSS 3.1
- 10.0 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-mjj5-4qc2-r6g6
Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type vulnerability in Innovative Solutions user files...
Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type vulnerability in Innovative Solutions user files allows Upload a Web Shell to a Web Server. This issue affects user files: from n/a through 2.4.2.
- Record
GHSA-mjj5-4qc2-r6g6- CVSS 3.1
- 10.0 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-434
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type vulnerability in Scriptonite user files user-files allows Upload a Web Shell to a Web Server.This issue affects user files: from n/a through <= 2.4.2.
- Record
CVE-2025-23953- CVSS 3.1
- 10.0 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-434
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2025-23953 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 10.0) in Innovative Solutions User Files, published January 22, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.68%, the 52nd percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/user-files/vulnerability/wordpress-user-files-plugin-2-4-2-arbitrary-file-upload-vulnerability?_s_id=cve
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-23953
github.com/advisories/GHSA-mjj5-4qc2-r6g6