Pixabay Images <= 3.4 - Authenticated (Author+) Arbitrary File Upload
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Code execution
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-434.
Summary
The Pixabay Images plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads due to missing file type validation in the pixabay_upload function in all versions up to, and including, 3.4. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Author-level access and above, to upload arbitrary files on the affected site's server which may make remote code execution possible.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-4413
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-858h-7rc9-8hvc
- 2026-10-21 EPSS moved to the 50th–90th percentile
References
Sources
- CVE-2025-4413 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-4413 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-858h-7rc9-8hvc · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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