CVE-2025-49901

WordPress Simple Link Directory plugin < 14.8.1 - Broken Authentication vulnerability

9.8 CriticalPublic exploit

Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel vulnerability in quantumcloud Simple Link Directory qc-simple-link-directory allows Authentication Abuse.This issue affects Simple Link Directory: from n/a through < 14.8.1.

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: High
Integrity: High
Availability: High

Exploit likelihood

0.73%Up 0.7 points since Oct 23, 2025

What each source reports

CVE List Score used 9.8

WordPress Simple Link Directory plugin < 14.8.1 - Broken Authentication vulnerability

Record: CVE-2025-49901
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-288
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2025-35550 9.8

Record: EUVD-2025-35550
CVSS 3.1: 9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated: 2026-11-02

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-32v4-m2f3-f92x 6.5

Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel vulnerability in quantumcloud Simple...

Record: GHSA-32v4-m2f3-f92x
CVSS 3.1: 6.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Weakness: CWE-288
Updated: 2026-11-02

NVD 9.8

Record: CVE-2025-49901
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-288
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

quantumcloud simple link directory

Public exploits

Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.

Public exploits
Source	Link	Date
PoC in GitHub	Nxploited/CVE-2025-49901	2026-04-18

History

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

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

In short

CVE-2025-49901 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Quantumcloud Simple Link Directory, published October 22, 2025. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.73%, the 54th percentile. No source names a fixed version.