CVE-2025-39493

HIGH 8.8CVE-2025-39493 · Published 16/05/2025 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2025-39493 is a HIGH (CVSS 8.8) vulnerability affecting rankie (valvepress).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.35%, higher than 28.6% of all vulnerabilities.
Fix: update to 1.8.2 or later.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
rankie valvepress	`< 1.8.2`	`1.8.2`

Description

Missing Authorization vulnerability in ValvePress Rankie valvepress-rankie allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Rankie: from n/a through < 1.8.2.

References

patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/valvepress-rankie/vulnerability/wordpress-rankie-1-8-0-broken-access-control-vulnerability · Third Party Advisory

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