CVE-2025-39545 WordPress REST API Authentication plugin <= 3.6.3 - Settings Change Vulnerability
Attackers can modify plugin settings without proper authorization due to missing access controls in the WordPress REST API Authentication plugin.
- 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-2025-39545?
CVE-2025-39545 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in miniOrange WordPress REST API Authentication, published on 16 Apr 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Missing Authorization vulnerability in miniOrange WordPress REST API Authentication wp-rest-api-authentication allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects WordPress REST API Authentication: from n/a through <= 3.6.3.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-39545?
How do I fix CVE-2025-39545?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-39545 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-2025-39545 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-39545 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-9v7w-mq26-j739.