Known vulnerabilities in Media Hygiene: Remove or Delete Unused Images and More!

The Media Hygiene plugin removes unused media from the WordPress library to free up space, reduce clutter, and improve server performance.

3Reported vulnerabilities

5.4Highest CVSS score

6.0.0Latest version

5,000+Active installs

What to do now

Update Media Hygiene: Remove or Delete Unused Images and More! to 4.0.3 or later. 3 of these have a fixed version available. Updating resolves them.

Plugin last updated: May 25, 2026 / Tested up to WordPress: 7.0.0 / View on wordpress.org

Reported vulnerabilities

Ordered by how urgently they need attention — whether a vulnerability is actually being exploited, and how likely exploitation is, rather than CVSS severity alone.

CVE	Severity	Exploit probability next 30 days	Affected versions	Fixed in	Published
CVE-2025-47469	Medium 5.4	0.3%	4.0.0 and earlier	`4.0.1`	May 7, 2025
CVE-2025-49979	Medium 4.3	0.2%	4.0.2 and earlier	`4.0.3`	June 19, 2025
CVE-2024-5855	Medium 4.3	0.4%	3.0.1 and earlier	`3.0.2`	July 8, 2024

Sources: vulnerability records from NVD, exploitation from CISA KEV, exploit probability from EPSS. Affected versions come from CPE ranges or from the reporting CNA.