CVE-2025-6070 (GCVE-0-2025-6070)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-06-14 08:23 – Updated: 2025-06-17 18:39
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Summary
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.
Severity ?
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-22 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
josxha Restrict File Access Affected: * , ≤ 1.1.2 (semver)
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Credits
Johannes Skamletz
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