CVE-2025-68591

WordPress Simple File List plugin <= 6.1.18 - Broken Access Control vulnerability

5.4 Medium

Missing Authorization vulnerability in Mitchell Bennis Simple File List simple-file-list allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Simple File List: from n/a through <= 6.1.18.

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

0.25%Up 0.2 points since Dec 25, 2025

What each source reports

CVE List Score used 5.4

WordPress Simple File List plugin <= 6.1.18 - Broken Access Control vulnerability

Record: CVE-2025-68591
CVSS 3.1: 5.4 MediumCVSS: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-2025-205244 5.4

Record: EUVD-2025-205244
CVSS 3.1: 5.4 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
Updated: 2026-11-02

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-v4vp-c74m-hxxm 8.1

Missing Authorization vulnerability in Mitchell Bennis Simple File List simple-file-list allows...

Record: GHSA-v4vp-c74m-hxxm
CVSS 3.1: 8.1 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Weakness: CWE-862
Updated: 2026-11-02

NVD 5.4

Record: CVE-2025-68591
CVSS 3.1: 5.4 MediumCVSS: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

mitchell bennis simple file list

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-2025-68591 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.4) in Mitchell Bennis Simple File List, published December 24, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.25%, the 16th percentile. No source names a fixed version.