CVE-2025-49937 WordPress Smash Balloon Social Post Feed plugin <= 4.3.2 - Broken Access Control vulnerability
Attackers can bypass access controls in the Smash Balloon Social Post Feed WordPress plugin to perform unauthorized actions.
- 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-2025-49937?
CVE-2025-49937 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Syed Balkhi Smash Balloon Social Post Feed, published on 22 Oct 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Missing Authorization vulnerability in Syed Balkhi Smash Balloon Social Post Feed custom-facebook-feed allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Smash Balloon Social Post Feed: from n/a through <= 4.3.2.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-49937?
How do I fix CVE-2025-49937?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-49937 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-2025-49937 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-49937 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-9rqc-w9x8-8v7p.