FKIE_CVE-2025-7499

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2025-08-16 08:15 - Updated: 2025-08-18 20:16
Severity ?
5.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Summary
The BetterDocs – Advanced AI-Driven Documentation, FAQ & Knowledge Base Tool for Elementor & Gutenberg with Encyclopedia, AI Support, Instant Answers plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data due to a missing capability check on the get_response function in all versions up to and including 4.1.1. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to retrieve passwords for password-protected documents as well as the metadata of private and draft documents.
References
security@wordfence.comhttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/betterdocs/tags/4.1.0/includes/REST/DocCategories.php#L82
security@wordfence.comhttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3338384/
security@wordfence.comhttps://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/5231b741-4d02-45b5-b2aa-0d9d3536a416?source=cve
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  "lastModified": "2025-08-18T20:16:28.750",
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          "privilegesRequired": "NONE",
          "scope": "UNCHANGED",
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