CVE-2025-6070

Published: Jun 14, 2025Modified: Jun 17, 2026Deferred

6.5

Vector

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

Exploitability: 2.8 / Impact: 3.6

Source: security@wordfence.com (Secondary)

Description

The Restrict File Access plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Directory Traversal in all versions up to, and including, 1.1.2 via the output() function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to read the contents of arbitrary files on the server, which can contain sensitive information.

Related CWEs

CWE-22

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory.

References (2)

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/restrict-file-access/trunk/url_rewrite/url_rewrite.php#L77

Source: security@wordfence.com

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/6e9eec61-bf51-4cf7-b567-58ee2ccd91c5?source=cve

Source: security@wordfence.com

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