CVE-2025-39413 WordPress Simple Sitemap – Create a Responsive HTML Sitemap plugin <= 3.6.0 - Broken Access Control vulnerability
Attackers can bypass authorization checks in the Simple Sitemap WordPress plugin to access restricted functionality.
- 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-2025-39413?
CVE-2025-39413 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in David Gwyer Simple Sitemap – Create a Responsive HTML Sitemap, published on 30 Apr 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Missing Authorization vulnerability in David Gwyer Simple Sitemap – Create a Responsive HTML Sitemap simple-sitemap.This issue affects Simple Sitemap – Create a Responsive HTML Sitemap: from n/a through <= 3.6.0.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-39413?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Wpgoplugins Simple Sitemap.
How do I fix CVE-2025-39413?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-39413 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-2025-39413 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-39413 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-mpc5-8rvq-8qfx.