CVE-2025-49349

WordPress Reuters Direct plugin <= 3.0.0 - Broken Access Control vulnerability

5.3 Medium

Missing Authorization vulnerability in Reuters News Agency Reuters Direct reuters-direct allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Reuters Direct: from n/a through <= 3.0.0.

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

0.25%Up 0.2 points since Jan 1, 2026

What each source reports

CVE List Score used 5.3

WordPress Reuters Direct plugin <= 3.0.0 - Broken Access Control vulnerability

Record: CVE-2025-49349
CVSS 3.1: 5.3 MediumCVSS: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-2025-205945 5.3

Record: EUVD-2025-205945
CVSS 3.1: 5.3 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Updated: 2026-11-02

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-5rfv-7258-62m5 5.3

Missing Authorization vulnerability in Reuters News Agency Reuters Direct allows Exploiting...

Missing Authorization vulnerability in Reuters News Agency Reuters Direct allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Reuters Direct: from n/a through 3.0.0.

Record: GHSA-5rfv-7258-62m5
CVSS 3.1: 5.3 MediumCVSS: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

Record: CVE-2025-49349
CVSS 3.1: 5.3 MediumCVSS: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

reuters news agency direct

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2025-49349 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.3) in Reuters News Agency Direct, published December 31, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.25%, the 17th percentile. No source names a fixed version.