CVE-2025-3861 (GCVE-0-2025-3861)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-04-25 05:25 – Updated: 2025-04-25 19:00
VLAI?
Title
Prevent Direct Access 2.8.6 - 2.8.8.2 - Incorrect Authorization to Authenticated (Contributor+) Multiple Media Actions
Summary
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.
Severity ?
5.4 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-863 - Incorrect Authorization
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
buildwps Prevent Direct Access – Protect WordPress Files Affected: 2.8.6 , ≤ 2.8.8.2 (semver)
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Credits
Mattia Brollo
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