Unauthorized Access Weakness in Prevent Direct Access – Protect WordPress Files by WordPress
CVE-2025-3861

5.4MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor
WordPress
Status
Prevent Direct Access – Protect WordPress Files
Vendor
CVE Published:
25 April 2025

Summary

The Prevent Direct Access – Protect WordPress Files plugin experiences a significant vulnerability due to a misconfigured capability check in the 'pda_lite_custom_permission_check' function. This flaw, present in versions 2.8.6 to 2.8.8.2, allows authenticated users with Contributor-level permissions or higher to bypass intended restrictions, leading to unauthorized access and modification of media protection statuses. This can compromise the integrity of protected files, posing a potential risk to site security.

Affected Version(s)

Prevent Direct Access – Protect WordPress Files 2.8.6 <= 2.8.8.2

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/prevent-direct...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3279923/

CVSS V3.1

Score:
5.4
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
Low
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
Low
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Mattia Brollo
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