Reuters Direct <= 3.0.0 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Settings Reset
Priority LOW 30CWE-862Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · Low · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-862.
Summary
The Reuters Direct plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the 'logoff' action in all versions up to, and including, 3.0.0. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to reset the plugin's settings.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.0024 15th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-12579
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-c2rp-3h56-jmqg
References
More rnags vulnerabilities
- TI-2025-11533 Reuters Direct <= 3.0.0 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Settings Reset CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.3
Sources
- CVE-2025-12579 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-12579 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-c2rp-3h56-jmqg · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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