Reuters Direct <= 3.0.0 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Settings Reset

Missing Authorization

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

CVE	CVE-2025-12579
CVSS	Medium (5.3)
Publicly Published	November 26, 2025
Last Updated	November 27, 2025
Researcher	Nabil Irawan

Description

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.

References

www.wordfence.com

1 affected software package

Software Type	Plugin
Software Slug	reuters-direct (view on wordpress.org)
Patched?	No
Affected Version	<= 3.0.0
Patched Version

This record contains material that is subject to copyright

Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc.
License: Defiant hereby grants you a perpetual, worldwide, non-exclusive, no-charge, royalty-free, irrevocable copyright license to reproduce, prepare derivative works of, publicly display, publicly perform, sublicense, and distribute this software vulnerability information. Any copy of the software vulnerability information you make for such purposes is authorized provided that you include a hyperlink to this vulnerability record and reproduce Defiant's copyright designation and this license in any such copy. License Detail.