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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityDeferred

CVE-2025-9487

The Admin and Site Enhancements (ASE) WordPress plugin before 7.9.8 does not sanitise SVG files when uploaded via xmlrpc.php when such uploads are enabled, which could allow users to upload a malicious SVG containing XSS payloads

MEDIUM 4.7EPSS 0.23%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.23%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

The Admin and Site Enhancements (ASE) WordPress plugin before 7.9.8 does not sanitise SVG files when uploaded via xmlrpc.php when such uploads are enabled, which could allow users to upload a malicious SVG containing XSS payloads

CVSS 3.1
4.7 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
EPSS
0.23% probability · 14th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Source
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Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.