CVE-2025-49974 WordPress UpStream: a Project Management Plugin for WordPress plugin <= 2.1.1 - Broken Access Control Vulnerability
Attackers can bypass access controls to perform unauthorized actions in the UpStream WordPress 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-2025-49974?
CVE-2025-49974 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in upstreamplugin UpStream: a Project Management Plugin for WordPress, published on 20 Jun 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Missing Authorization vulnerability in upstreamplugin UpStream: a Project Management Plugin for WordPress upstream allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects UpStream: a Project Management Plugin for WordPress: from n/a through <= 2.1.1.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-49974?
How do I fix CVE-2025-49974?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-49974 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-2025-49974 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-49974 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-82qv-m4qc-pr8g.