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Vulnerability · CVE-2025-46490

Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type vulnerability in wordwebsoftware Crossword Compiler Puzzles crossword-compiler-puzzles allows Upload a Web Shell to a Web Server.Thi

Published May 23, 2025 · catalog updated Apr 28, 2026 · Crossword Compiler Puzzles

Check if you run it

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-46490. EPSS is 0.50%. Act only if a listed version of Crossword Compiler Puzzles is installed.

Gaps on this record

  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
Severity
Critical9.9
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
0.50%
Remediation
Advisory link
Affected products
vendor wordwebsoftware Crossword Compiler Puzzles 0 ≤5.2

Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type vulnerability in wordwebsoftware Crossword Compiler Puzzles crossword-compiler-puzzles allows Upload a Web Shell to a Web Server.This issue affects Crossword Compiler Puzzles: from n/a through <= 5.2.

Are you affected?

Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.

The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.

  • vendor wordwebsoftware Crossword Compiler Puzzles 0 ≤5.20 ≤5.2

How to fix CVE-2025-46490

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-46490. EPSS is 0.50%. Act only if a listed version of Crossword Compiler Puzzles is installed.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with wordwebsoftware Crossword Compiler Puzzles 0 ≤5.2 0 ≤5.2. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 0.50%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. May 23, 2025 · EUVD

    Detected

    Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type vulnerability in wordwebsoftware Crossword Compiler Puzzles crossword-compiler-puzzles allows Upload a Web Shell to a Web Server.This issue affects Crossword Compiler Puzzles: from n/a through <= 5.2.

  2. Apr 28, 2026 · EUVD

    Updated

    Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type vulnerability in wordwebsoftware Crossword Compiler Puzzles crossword-compiler-puzzles allows Upload a Web Shell to a Web Server.This issue affects Crossword Compiler Puzzles: from n/a through <= 5.2.

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-46490

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-46490

    30-day exploitation probability 0.5%

    first.org
  • EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-28055

    Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type vulnerability in wordwebsoftware Crossword Compiler Puzzles crossword-compiler-puzzles allows Upload a Web Shell to a Web Server.This issue affects Crossword Compiler Puzzles: from n/a through <= 5.2.

    euvd.enisa.europa.eu

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.