VDB-331352 · CVE-2025-49386 · GCVE-0-2025-49386

Scott Reilly Preserve Code Formatting Plugin up to 4.0.1 on WordPress deserialization

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Scott Reilly Preserve Code Formatting Plugin up to 4.0.1 on WordPress. Affected is an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to deserialization. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2025-49386. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Scott Reilly Preserve Code Formatting Plugin up to 4.0.1 on WordPress. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a deserialization vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-502. The product deserializes untrusted data without sufficiently verifying that the resulting data will be valid. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Deserialization of Untrusted Data vulnerability in Scott Reilly Preserve Code Formatting preserve-code-formatting allows Object Injection.This issue affects Preserve Code Formatting: from n/a through <= 4.0.1.

The weakness was disclosed by Mcdruid. The advisory is shared for download at vdp.patchstack.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2025-49386 since 06/04/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 11/06/2025).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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Productinfo

Type

WordPress Plugin

Vendor

Scott Reilly

Name

Preserve Code Formatting Plugin

Version

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

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VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.1

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.1
VulDB Vector: 🔒
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Deserialization
CWE: CWE-502 / CWE-20
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔒
Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

06/04/2025 CVE reserved
11/06/2025 +155 days Advisory disclosed
11/06/2025 +0 days VulDB entry created
11/06/2025 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: vdp.patchstack.com
Researcher: Mcdruid
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2025-49386 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-49386
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-331352

Entryinfo

Created: 11/06/2025 18:12
Changes: 11/06/2025 18:12 (54)
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Cache ID: 216::103