Auth bypass in A3rev Page View Count

CVE-2025-2816

The Page View Count plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data that can lead to a denial of service due to a missing capability check on the yellow_message_dontshow() function in versions 2.8.0 to 2.8.4. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to update option values to one on the WordPress site. This can be leveraged to update an option that would create an error on the site and deny service to legitimate users or be used to set some values to true such as registration.

Vulnerability class: Broken Access Control

EPSS: 0.003 (25.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.1 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-2816?
CVE-2025-2816 is a high-severity vulnerability in A3rev Page View Count, classified under Missing Authorization. CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2025-05-01.
How severe is CVE-2025-2816?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.