# CVE-2025-49925: WordPress WPLMS plugin <= 1.9.9.7 - Broken Access Control vulnerability

> Attackers can access restricted functionality due to missing authorization checks in the WPLMS WordPress plugin.

- **Severity:** High 7.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 22 Oct 2025
- **Updated:** 28 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-p4vh-4wvr-q953

## What is CVE-2025-49925?

CVE-2025-49925 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in VibeThemes WPLMS, published on 22 Oct 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Missing Authorization vulnerability in VibeThemes WPLMS wplms_plugin allows Accessing Functionality Not Properly Constrained by ACLs.This issue affects WPLMS: from n/a through <= 1.9.9.7.

Weakness: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-49925?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Vibethemes Wordpress Learning Management System.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-49925?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-49925 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-49925 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-49925 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in VibeThemes WPLMS

- [CVE-2024-56046](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-56046/): WordPress WPLMS plugin <= 1.9.9 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Upload vulnerability (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2024-56050](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-56050/): WordPress WPLMS plugin < 1.9.9.5.3 - Subscriber+ Arbitrary File Upload vulnerability (critical 9.9)
- [CVE-2024-56052](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-56052/): WordPress WPLMS plugin < 1.9.9.5.2 - Student+ Arbitrary File Upload vulnerability (critical 9.9)
- [CVE-2024-56057](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-56057/): WordPress WPLMS plugin < 1.9.9.5.2 - Arbitrary File Upload vulnerability (critical 9.9)
- [CVE-2024-56043](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-56043/): WordPress WPLMS plugin <= 1.9.9 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation vulnerability (critical 9.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-49925 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-49925 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in VibeThemes WPLMS, published on 22 Oct 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-49925 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: VibeThemes WPLMS. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-49925/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-49925/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-49925
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-49925
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-49925

---
From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-49925/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.