CVE-2025-47479
WordPress WP Compress plugin <= 6.30.30 - Broken Authentication Vulnerability
Weak Authentication vulnerability in AresIT WP Compress wp-compress-image-optimizer allows Authentication Abuse.This issue affects WP Compress: from n/a through <= 6.30.30.
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
- None
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
5.3
WordPress WP Compress plugin <= 6.30.30 - Broken Authentication Vulnerability
Weak Authentication vulnerability in AresIT WP Compress wp-compress-image-optimizer allows Authentication Abuse.This issue affects WP Compress: from n/a through <= 6.30.30.
- Record
CVE-2025-47479- CVSS 3.1
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-1390
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2025-19979
5.3
Weak Authentication vulnerability in AresIT WP Compress wp-compress-image-optimizer allows Authentication Abuse.This issue affects WP Compress: from n/a through <= 6.30.30.
- Record
EUVD-2025-19979- CVSS 3.1
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-5hv5-8328-hrj4
5.3
Weak Authentication vulnerability in AresIT WP Compress allows Authentication Abuse. This issue...
Weak Authentication vulnerability in AresIT WP Compress allows Authentication Abuse. This issue affects WP Compress: from n/a through 6.30.30.
- Record
GHSA-5hv5-8328-hrj4- CVSS 3.1
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-1390
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
5.3
Weak Authentication vulnerability in AresIT WP Compress wp-compress-image-optimizer allows Authentication Abuse.This issue affects WP Compress: from n/a through <= 6.30.30.
- Record
CVE-2025-47479- CVSS 3.1
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-1390
- 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-2025-47479 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.3) in Aresit Wp Compress, published July 4, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.38%, the 32nd percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/wp-compress-image-optimizer/vulnerability/wordpress-wp-compress-6-30-30-broken-authentication-vulnerability?_s_id=cve
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-47479
patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/wp-compress-image-optimizer/vulnerability/wordpress-wp-compress-6-30-30-broken-authentication-vulnerability?_s_id=cve
github.com/advisories/GHSA-5hv5-8328-hrj4