CVE-2025-23849
WordPress PAPERCITE plugin <= 0.5.18 - Broken Access Control vulnerability
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.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- Low
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
WordPress PAPERCITE plugin <= 0.5.18 - Broken Access Control vulnerability
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.
- Record
CVE-2025-23849- CVSS 3.1
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-862
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2025-3474
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.
- Record
EUVD-2025-3474- CVSS 3.1
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-pqhj-wjj5-567j
Missing Authorization vulnerability in Benjamin Piwowarski PAPERCITE allows Exploiting...
Missing Authorization vulnerability in Benjamin Piwowarski PAPERCITE allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels. This issue affects PAPERCITE: from n/a through 0.5.18.
- Record
GHSA-pqhj-wjj5-567j- CVSS 3.1
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-862
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
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.
- Record
CVE-2025-23849- CVSS 3.1
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L - 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-2025-23849 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.4) in Benjamin Piwowarski Papercite, published January 27, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.34%, the 27th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/papercite/vulnerability/wordpress-papercite-plugin-0-5-18-broken-access-control-vulnerability?_s_id=cve
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-23849
github.com/advisories/GHSA-pqhj-wjj5-567j