CVE-2025-12579
Reuters Direct <= 3.0.0 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Settings Reset
The Reuters Direct plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the 'logoff' action in all versions up to, and including, 3.0.0. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to reset the plugin's settings.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Reuters Direct <= 3.0.0 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Settings Reset
The Reuters Direct plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the 'logoff' action in all versions up to, and including, 3.0.0. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to reset the plugin's settings.
- Record
CVE-2025-12579- CVSS 3.1
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-862
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2025-199787
The Reuters Direct plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the 'logoff' action in all versions up to, and including, 3.0.0. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to reset the plugin's settings.
- Record
EUVD-2025-199787- CVSS 3.1
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-c2rp-3h56-jmqg
The Reuters Direct plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to...
The Reuters Direct plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the 'logoff' action in all versions up to, and including, 3.0.0. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to reset the plugin's settings.
- Record
GHSA-c2rp-3h56-jmqg- CVSS 3.1
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-862
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
The Reuters Direct plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the 'logoff' action in all versions up to, and including, 3.0.0. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to reset the plugin's settings.
- Record
CVE-2025-12579- CVSS 3.1
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-862
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2025-12579 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.3) in Reuters News Agency Direct, published November 27, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.24%, the 15th percentile. No source names a fixed version.