Critical 9.8Published Oct 22, 2025

CVE-2025-49901WordPress Simple Link Directory plugin < 14.8.1 - Broken Authentication vulnerability

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 27, 2026, 2:40 AM ET)

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Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel vulnerability in quantumcloud Simple Link Directory qc-simple-link-directory allows Authentication Abuse.This issue affects Simple Link Directory: from n/a through < 14.8.1.

CVSS: 9.8 CRITICAL (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE): CWE-288
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Patchstack
NVD analysis: Deferred
Record last updated: Apr 28, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

quantumcloud Simple Link Directory quantumcloud:simple_link_directory (from the name)	through 14.8.1; fixed at 14.8.1	CNA record

References

References

https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/qc-simple-link-directory/vulnerability/wordpress-simple-link-directory-plugin-14-8-1-broken-authentication-vulnerability?_s_id=cve	vdb-entry

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