Vulnerability · Published Nov 6, 2025 · Assigned by Patchstack

CVE-2025-49386WordPress Preserve Code Formatting Plugin <= 4.0.1 - PHP Object Injection Vulnerability

High 8.8

In plain English

A high-severity unsafe deserialization in Preserve Code Formatting from Scott Reilly. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.5% (higher than 40% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)8.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.5%top 59.8% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Deserialization of Untrusted Data vulnerability in Scott Reilly Preserve Code Formatting preserve-code-formatting allows Object Injection.This issue affects Preserve Code Formatting: from n/a through <= 4.0.1.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Scott Reilly Preserve Code Formatting 0 – through 4.0.1

Weakness: CWE-502 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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