CVE-2025-2816

Page View Count 2.8.0 - 2.8.4 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Limited Options Update

highMissing Authorization
8.1
CVSS Score
8.1
CVSS Score
high
Severity
2.8.5
Patched in
1d
Time to patch

Description

The Page View Count plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data that can lead to a denial of service due to a missing capability check on the yellow_message_dontshow() function in versions 2.8.0 to 2.8.4. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to update option values to one on the WordPress site. This can be leveraged to update an option that would create an error on the site and deny service to legitimate users or be used to set some values to true such as registration.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability

Technical Details

Affected versions>=2.8.0 <=2.8.4
PublishedApril 30, 2025
Last updatedMay 1, 2025
Affected pluginpage-views-count

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