CVE-2025-2816

Page View Count 2.8.0 - 2.8.4 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Limited Options Update

HIGH
8.1
CVSS Score
Published: May 1, 2025 at 02:23 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 09:07 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorPage View Count

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Severity
HIGH8.1
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Page View Count· A3REVwordpress-plugin
95%
2.8.0 ≤ v ≤ 2.8.42.8.0 ≤ v < 2.8.52.8.0
Affected range stops below 2.8.5, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

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CVSS

8.1HIGHWordfence
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-862

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