CVE-2025-49386

WordPress Preserve Code Formatting Plugin <= 4.0.1 - PHP Object Injection Vulnerability

8.8 High

Deserialization of Untrusted Data vulnerability in Scott Reilly Preserve Code Formatting preserve-code-formatting allows Object Injection.This issue affects Preserve Code Formatting: from n/a through <= 4.0.1.

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: High
Integrity: High
Availability: High

Exploit likelihood

0.46%Up 0.4 points since Nov 7, 2025

What each source reports

CVE List Score used 8.8

WordPress Preserve Code Formatting Plugin <= 4.0.1 - PHP Object Injection Vulnerability

Record: CVE-2025-49386
CVSS 3.1: 8.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness: CWE-502
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2025-38014 8.8

Record: EUVD-2025-38014
CVSS 3.1: 8.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated: 2026-11-02

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-m36c-hhr2-59cc 9.8

Deserialization of Untrusted Data vulnerability in Scott Reilly Preserve Code Formatting preserve...

Record: GHSA-m36c-hhr2-59cc
CVSS 3.1: 9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness: CWE-502
Updated: 2026-11-02

NVD 8.8

Record: CVE-2025-49386
CVSS 3.1: 8.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness: CWE-502
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

scott reilly preserve code formatting

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-2025-49386 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) in Scott Reilly Preserve Code Formatting, published November 6, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.46%, the 40th percentile. No source names a fixed version.