CVE-2025-39373
WordPress JNews Theme <= 11.6.16 - Broken Access Control Vulnerability
Missing Authorization vulnerability in jegtheme JNews jnews allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects JNews: from n/a through <= 11.6.16.
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
5.3
WordPress JNews Theme <= 11.6.16 - Broken Access Control Vulnerability
Missing Authorization vulnerability in jegtheme JNews jnews allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects JNews: from n/a through <= 11.6.16.
- Record
CVE-2025-39373- 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-2025-15745
5.3
Missing Authorization vulnerability in jegtheme JNews jnews allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects JNews: from n/a through <= 11.6.16.
- Record
EUVD-2025-15745- 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-r593-5693-qv6x
5.3
Missing Authorization vulnerability in jegtheme JNews.This issue affects JNews: from n/a through...
Missing Authorization vulnerability in jegtheme JNews.This issue affects JNews: from n/a through 11.6.5.
- Record
GHSA-r593-5693-qv6x- 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
5.3
Missing Authorization vulnerability in jegtheme JNews jnews allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects JNews: from n/a through <= 11.6.16.
- Record
CVE-2025-39373- 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-2025-39373 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.3) in Jegtheme Jnews, published May 19, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.27%, the 19th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Theme/jnews/vulnerability/wordpress-jnews-theme-11-6-5-broken-access-control-vulnerability?_s_id=cve
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-39373
patchstack.com/database/wordpress/theme/jnews/vulnerability/wordpress-jnews-theme-11-6-5-broken-access-control-vulnerability?_s_id=cve
github.com/advisories/GHSA-r593-5693-qv6x