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CVE-2025-7441

71
FAUCET Score

CVE-2025-7441 is a critical arbitrary file upload vulnerability affecting all versions up to and including 1.0.42 of the StoryChief plugin for WordPress. This flaw, residing in the /wp-json/storychief/webhook REST-API endpoint, lacks sufficient filetype validation, allowing unauthenticated attackers to upload arbitrary files. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL) and a FAUCET Risk Score of 99/100, this vulnerability presents a severe risk, as it can lead to remote code execution, compromising the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the affected system. Exploit code, including a Metasploit module and an ExploitDB entry, is publicly available, and the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, indicating a high potential for active exploitation.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
StorychiefStoryChief
>= 0, <= 1.0.42CNA affecteddefault unaffected

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.8CRITICAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
39.49%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
98.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
Metasploit: WordPress StoryChief Plugin Unauthenticated RCE · Aug 4, 2025
ExploitDB: EDB-52422 · Aug 26, 2025
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.3949 is in the 96th percentile among its peer group of 36,897 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

plugins.trac.wordpress.org / browser/story-chief/trunk/includes/tools.php
plugins.trac.wordpress.org / changeset/3344874
wordfence.com / threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/979efaa4-10f1-4c7f-b4b0-5a41678c9d66