Vulnerability · Published Jan 27, 2025 · Assigned by Patchstack

CVE-2025-23849WordPress PAPERCITE plugin <= 0.5.18 - Broken Access Control vulnerability

Medium 5.4

In plain English

A medium-severity missing authorization in PAPERCITE from bpiwowar. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 28% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.4Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 72.4% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Missing Authorization vulnerability in bpiwowar PAPERCITE papercite allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects PAPERCITE: from n/a through <= 0.5.18.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
bpiwowar	PAPERCITE	0 – through 0.5.18

Weakness: CWE-862 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

References

https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/papercite/vulnerability/wordpress-papercite-plugin-0-5-18-broken-access-control-vulnerability?_s_id=cve vdb-entry