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CVE-2025-3861

MEDIUM 5.4 CVSS 3.1
Published
April 25, 2025
Last modified
June 17, 2026
NVD status
Deferred
Reported by
security@wordfence.com
Weakness
CWE-863
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

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.

Affected WordPress components

  • Prevent Direct Access – Protect WordPress Files Plugin · prevent-direct-access
    Confirmed match Active
    From 2.8.6 (including) to 2.8.8.2 (including)
    View on WordPress.org

A confirmed match is backed by the plugin or theme slug. A possible match is based on the product name only and should be verified.

Affected products and versions

  • buildwps Prevent Direct Access – Protect WordPress Files — From 2.8.6 (including) to 2.8.8.2 (including)

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