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Vulnerability · 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

Published Sep 22, 2025 · catalog updated Sep 22, 2025 · Unknown Admin and Site Enhancements (ASE)

Check if you run it

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-9487. EPSS is 0.23%. Act only if a listed version of Unknown Admin and Site Enhancements (ASE) is installed.

Gaps on this record

  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
Severity
Medium4.7
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
0.23%
Remediation
Version ranges on file
Affected products
vendor Unknown Admin and Site Enhancements (ASE) 0 <7.9.8

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

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 Unknown Admin and Site Enhancements (ASE) 0 <7.9.80 <7.9.8

How to fix CVE-2025-9487

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-2025-9487. EPSS is 0.23%. Act only if a listed version of Unknown Admin and Site Enhancements (ASE) is installed.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with Unknown Admin and Site Enhancements (ASE) 0 <7.9.8 0 <7.9.8. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 0.23%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Technology hubs

WordPress security

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. Sep 22, 2025 · EUVD

    Detected

    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

  2. Sep 22, 2025 · EUVD

    Updated

    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

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-9487

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-9487

    30-day exploitation probability 0.23%

    first.org
  • EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-30407

    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

    euvd.enisa.europa.eu

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 23, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.