PT-2025-5142 · Papercite · Papercite

Mika · Published 2025-01-27 · Updated 2025-01-27 · CVE-2025-23849

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.4

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions PAPERCITE versions 0.5.18 and earlier

Description The issue is related to a lack of authorization in PAPERCITE, allowing the exploitation of incorrectly configured access control security levels.

Recommendations For versions 0.5.18 and earlier, update to a version that includes a fix for this issue, as no specific workaround is provided for these versions. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Missing Authorization

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-862

Related Identifiers

CVE-2025-23849

Affected Products

Papercite

References · 5

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-23849 · Security Note
• https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/papercite/vulnerability/wordpress-papercite-plugin-0-5-18-broken-access-control-vulnerability?_s_id=cve · Note
• https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/papercite/vulnerability/wordpress-papercite-plugin-0-5-18-broken-access-control-vulnerability?_s_id=cve · Note
• https://twitter.com/VulmonFeeds/status/1884006046282211746 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1883888560450752670 · Twitter Post