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.

INFO

Published Date :

2025-04-25T05:25:07.164Z

Last Modified :

2025-04-25T19:00:51.053Z

Source :

Wordfence
AFFECTED PRODUCTS

The following products are affected by CVE-2025-3861 vulnerability.

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REFERENCES

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https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/prevent-direct-access/tags/2.8.8.2/includes/pda_lite_api.php#L71 cve-icon cve-icon
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3279923/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/2ed83916-3cf7-4fc6-a16f-45b40cedc721?source=cve cve-icon cve-icon
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