Vulnerability · Published Jul 4, 2025 · Assigned by Patchstack

CVE-2025-47479WordPress WP Compress plugin <= 6.30.30 - Broken Authentication Vulnerability

Medium 5.3

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in WP Compress from AresIT. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 33% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.3Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 67.4% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

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.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
AresIT WP Compress 0 – through 6.30.30

Weakness: CWE-1390 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

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