{"id":"CVE-2025-7441","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2025-7441","generatedAt":"2026-11-02T14:53:34.052Z","title":"The StoryChief plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.42.","description":"The StoryChief plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.42. This vulnerability occurs through the /wp-json/storychief/webhook REST-API endpoint that does not have sufficient filetype validation. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to upload arbitrary files on the affected site's server which may make remote code execution possible.","published":"2025-08-16T04:16:05.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T10:04:58.000Z","status":"Deferred","sourceIdentifier":"security@wordfence.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":9.8,"severity":"CRITICAL","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-434"],"affected":[],"epss":{"score":0.50176,"percentile":0.98906,"date":"2026-11-01","history":[{"date":"2026-10-04","score":0.40919,"percentile":0.98619},{"date":"2026-10-06","score":0.50059,"percentile":0.98876}]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":false,"firstPublished":"2025-08-26","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":52422,"kind":"exploit","title":"StoryChief Wordpress Plugin 1.0.42 - Arbitrary File Upload","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/52422","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/multiple/webapps/52422.py","file":"exploits/multiple/webapps/52422.py","published":"2025-08-26","added":"2025-08-26","updated":"2025-08-26","author":"xpl0dec","type":"webapps","platform":"multiple","port":null,"verified":false,"codes":["CVE-2025-7441"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":null}]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 50.2%, higher than 99% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window."},"changes":[{"kind":"epss","label":"EPSS jump","at":"2026-10-06T00:00:00.000Z","detail":{"to":0.50059,"from":0.40919,"percentile":0.98876},"summary":"EPSS moved from 40.9% to 50.1% probability of exploitation in the next thirty days."}],"references":[{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/story-chief/trunk/includes/tools.php#L75","source":"security@wordfence.com"},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3344874/","source":"security@wordfence.com"},{"url":"https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/979efaa4-10f1-4c7f-b4b0-5a41678c9d66?source=cve","source":"security@wordfence.com"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-7441","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}