{"id":"CVE-2025-49901","title":"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.","summary":"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.","severity":"critical","cvss":9.8,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","cwe":["CWE-288"],"published":"2025-10-22","updated":"2026-10-08","sourceUpdated":"2026-10-08T11:10:00.250","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-49901","references":[{"url":"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","label":"audit@patchstack.com"}],"tags":["nvd","exploit-available"],"epss":0.00731,"epssPercentile":0.52845,"exploits":{"github":1,"githubRepos":["https://github.com/Nxploited/CVE-2025-49901"],"checkedAt":"2026-10-08T11:32:03.415Z"},"exploitAvailable":true,"ingestedAt":"2026-10-08T11:31:27.498Z","slug":"CVE-2025-49901","body":"## Overview\n\nAuthentication 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.\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"abyssal","depthScore":66,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":53.9,"likelihood":0.1,"exploitation":12,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}