CVE-2025-3861

Published: Apr 25, 2025Modified: Apr 29, 2025

5.4

Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Exploitability: 2.8 / Impact: 2.5

Source: security@wordfence.com (Secondary)

Description

The Prevent Direct Access – Protect WordPress Files plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access and modification of data| due to a misconfigured capability check on the 'pda_lite_custom_permission_check' function in versions 2.8.6 to 2.8.8.2. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to access and change the protection status of media.

Related CWEs

CWE-863

Incorrect Authorization

The product performs an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action, but it does not correctly perform the check. This allows attackers to bypass intended access restrictions.

References (3)

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/prevent-direct-access/tags/2.8.8.2/includes/pda_lite_api.php#L71

Source: security@wordfence.com

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3279923/

Source: security@wordfence.com

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/2ed83916-3cf7-4fc6-a16f-45b40cedc721?source=cve

Source: security@wordfence.com

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