CVE-2025-5811 json
Listly: Listicles For WordPress <= 2.7 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Transient Deletion
published last yr. modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2025-21845
- cvss
- 5.3
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.3%
- EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 25%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
The Listly: Listicles For WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the Init() function in all versions up to, and including, 2.7. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to delete arbitrary transient values on the WordPress site.
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- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- yes
- Technical impact
- partial
- Assessed
- last yr.
Exploit prediction
0.32% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 25% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 3.1 | 5.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N |
Affected products
- milanmk Listly: Listicles For WordPress
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-862 Missing Authorization
- Technology feeds
References
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2025-5811
- NVD CVE-2025-5811
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