CVE-2025-2816 Page View Count 2.8.0 - 2.8.4 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Limited Options Update

High 8.1 Published 1 May 2025 Updated 1 May 2025

Authenticated subscribers can modify plugin options to cause denial of service or enable registration due to missing capability checks.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Any signed-in user
Attackable: Over the internet
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2025-2816?

CVE-2025-2816 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in a3rev Page View Count, published on 1 May 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The Page View Count plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data that can lead to a denial of service due to a missing capability check on the yellow_message_dontshow() function in versions 2.8.0 to 2.8.4. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to update option values to one on the WordPress site. This can be leveraged to update an option that would create an error on the site and deny service to legitimate users or be used to set some values to true such as registration.

Weakness: CWE-862

Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-2816?

It affects 1 product.

Products include A3rev Page View Count.

How do I fix CVE-2025-2816?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-2816 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.

Is CVE-2025-2816 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-2816 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-ghx7-9hwq-xp4w.