WordPress 4.7.25

WordPress 4.7.25 has 20 disclosed vulnerabilities in the WordSec catalog, reported between 2012 and 2025; all 20 are fixed as of August 2026. Their average CVSS score is 5.8, and the most serious one scores 8.8 out of 10. Severity breakdown: 0 critical and 3 high. 2023 was the busiest year with 8 disclosures.

The most common weakness is Cross-Site Scripting, behind 4 of the records (20%). Other recurring categories include Exposure Of Sensitive Information To An Unauthorized Actor, Path Traversal.

Every one of the 20 issues recorded for WordPress 4.7.25 has a vendor fix available, so running the current release closes all known holes.

17 independent researchers contributed these findings, one record each.

01234567891020.06.2012Today20.06.20123.7WordPress Core - Informational < 6.8 - Weak Hashing Algorithm CVSS 3.7 · 20.06.201203.05.20175.9Wordpress Core < 5.5 - Unauthorized Password Reset via Interception CVSS 5.9 · 03.05.201705.02.20187.5WordPress Core < 5.0 - Denial of Service CVSS 7.5 · 05.02.201804.08.20186.6WordPress Core < 6.4.3 - Authenticated(Administrator+) PHP File Upload CVSS 6.6 · 04.08.201816.08.20188.8WordPress Core < 4.9 - Insecure Deserialization CVSS 8.8 · 16.08.201819.02.20196.5WordPress Core <= 5.0.3 - Path Traversal and Local File Inclusion CVSS 6.5 · 19.02.201910.11.20215.3WordPress Core < 5.8.2 - ca-bundle.crt contains expired certificate DST Root CA X3 CVSS 5.3 · 10.11.202125.11.20218.1WordPress Core < 5.8 - Dependency Confusion CVSS 8.1 · 25.11.202116.05.20234.3WordPress Core < 6.2.1 - Cross-Site Request Forgery CVSS 4.3 · 16.05.20236.4WordPress Core < 6.2.1 - Insufficient Sanitization of Block Attributes CVSS 6.4 · 16.05.20236.4WordPress Core < 6.2.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Embed Discovery CVSS 6.4 · 16.05.20235.4WordPress Core < 6.2.1 - Directory Traversal CVSS 5.4 · 16.05.202312.10.20234.3WordPress Core <= 6.3.1 - Authenticated(Contributor+) Sensitive Information Exposure via Comments on Protected Posts CVSS 4.3 · 12.10.20235.3WordPress Core 4.7.0 - 6.3.1 - Sensitive Information Exposure via User Search REST Endpoint CVSS 5.3 · 12.10.20235.3WordPress Core 4.7.0-6.3.1 - Denial of Service via Cache Poisoning CVSS 5.3 · 12.10.20235.4WordPress Core < 6.3.2 – Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary Shortcode Execution via parse-media-shortcode CVSS 5.4 · 12.10.202304.04.20245.3WordPress Core <= 6.4.3 - Sensitive Information Exposure via redirect_guess_404_permalink CVSS 5.3 · 04.04.202424.06.20244.3WordPress Core < 6.5.5 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Directory Traversal CVSS 4.3 · 24.06.202422.09.20254.3WordPress <= 6.8.2 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Sensitive Information Exposure CVSS 4.3 · 22.09.20256.4WordPress <= 6.8.2 - Authenticated (Author+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting CVSS 6.4 · 22.09.2025

Strategic Overview

Avg CVSSMedium
5.8/ 10
Patch Coverage100%
Open

0

Fixed

20

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Highest severity on recordCVSS 8.8CVE-2017-1000600

WordPress Core < 4.9 - Insecure Deserialization

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Vulnerability Records

20 records
2025-09-22 00:00CVE-2025-58246
4.3
Medium
Abu Hurayra (HurayraIIT)Yes
2025-09-22 00:00CVE-2025-58674
6.4
Medium
SavPhill (Savphill)Yes
2024-06-24 00:00CVE-2024-32111
4.3
Medium
apple502jYes
2024-04-04 00:00CVE-2023-5692
5.3
Medium
Francesco CarlucciYes
2023-10-12 00:00CVE-2023-39999
4.3
Medium
Rafie MuhammadYes
2023-10-12 00:00CVE-2023-5561
5.3
Medium
Marc-Alexandre MontpasYes
2023-10-12 00:00N/A
5.3
Medium
s5sYes
2023-10-12 00:00N/A
5.4
Medium
James GolovichYes
2023-05-16 00:00N/A
4.3
Medium
John BlackbournYes
2023-05-16 00:00N/A
6.4
Medium
AnonymousYes
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