CRITICAL CWE-434
CVE-2025-12057
WavePlayer < 3.8.0 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Upload
9.8/ 10
CVSS 3.1
Critical severity
0.61%
EPSS exploit odds
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Higher than 50% of all CVEs
Not listed
CISA KEV catalog
No confirmed in-the-wild exploitation on CISA's list, but a public proof of concept exists.
Timeline
- Published
- Nov 19, 2025
- Updated
- Jan 9, 2026
- First covered
- Jul 11, 2026
- Latest story
- 4 months ago
Summary
The WavePlayer WordPress plugin before 3.8.0 does not have authorization in an AJAX action as well as does not validate the file to be copied locally, allowing unauthenticated users to upload arbitrary file on the server and lead to RCE
CWE-434Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type
Attack profile
Attack vectorNetwork
ComplexityLow
PrivilegesNone
User interactionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityHigh
IntegrityHigh
AvailabilityHigh
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HAffected products
- WavePlayerbefore 3.8.0