CVE-2025-46490

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

9.9 Critical

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.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector: Network
Complexity: Low
Privileges needed: Low
User interaction: None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality: High
Integrity: High
Availability: High

Exploit likelihood

0.52%Up 0.5 points since May 24, 2025

What each source reports

CVE List Score used 9.9

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

Record: CVE-2025-46490
CVSS 3.1: 9.9 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness: CWE-434
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2025-28055 9.9

Record: EUVD-2025-28055
CVSS 3.1: 9.9 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated: 2026-11-02

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-5857-r24c-jg46 9.9

Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type vulnerability in wordwebsoftware Crossword...

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

Record: GHSA-5857-r24c-jg46
CVSS 3.1: 9.9 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness: CWE-434
Updated: 2026-11-02

NVD 9.9

Record: CVE-2025-46490
CVSS 3.1: 9.9 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness: CWE-434
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

wordwebsoftware crossword compiler puzzles

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2025-46490 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.9) in Wordwebsoftware Crossword Compiler Puzzles, published May 23, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.52%, the 44th percentile. No source names a fixed version.