# CVE-2025-11455: Perfect Images <= 7.2.0 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Author+) Image Replacement

Status: published. Published: 2026-10-31. Updated: 2026-11-02.

The Perfect Images plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the /wp-json/wp-retina-2x/v1/replace REST API in all versions up to, and including, 7.2.0 This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Author-level access and above, to replace files that do not belong to them.

## Remediation

No remediation reported in collected sources

## Affected products and versions

- tigroumeow / Perfect Images: Regenerate Thumbnails, Image Sizes, WebP & AVIF: ≥ 0; ≤ 7.2.0 (affected, semver). Source: CNA: Wordfence

## Severity and prioritization

- CVSS 3.1: 4.3 (medium); CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N; source: CNA: Wordfence

- CVSS 3.1: 4.3 (medium); CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N; source: NVD: security@wordfence.com

- CISA KEV: No listing in collected sources

- EPSS: 0.19% as of 2026-11-02; percentile 8.91%

- SSVC: exploitation none; automatable no; technical impact partial; source ADP: CISA-ADP

- Weaknesses: CWE-862

## Exploit evidence

No exploit evidence in collected sources. This is not proof of no exploitation.

## References

- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/adb730d0-1394-4716-bddd-efa55d6e4bf3?source=cve (CNA: Wordfence)

- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?old_path=/wp-retina-2x/tags/7.2.0&new_path=/wp-retina-2x/tags/7.2.1 (CNA: Wordfence)

- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?old_path=/wp-retina-2x/tags/7.2.0&new_path=/wp-retina-2x/tags/7.2.1 (security@wordfence.com)

- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/adb730d0-1394-4716-bddd-efa55d6e4bf3?source=cve (security@wordfence.com)

## Provenance

- CNA: Wordfence: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-11455; retrieved 2026-11-02; source updated 2026-11-02

- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-11455; retrieved 2026-11-02; source updated 2026-11-02

- FIRST EPSS: https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2025-11455; retrieved 2026-11-02; source updated Not reported

Revision: c61a57bfc6f17382dd6efd95ef5e80ff86430084c91974aee4ce287eb05e8787

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